Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Robert G. Torricelli
Robert Torricelli was a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–107th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- S.Con.Res. 139 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that there should be established a National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month, and for…Oct 7, 2002 · Held at the desk.
- S. 2991 A bill for the relief of Sharif Kesbeh, Asmaa Sharif Kesbeh, Batool Kesbeh, Noor Sharif Kesbeh, Alaa Kesbeh, Sandos Kesbeh, Hadeel Kesbeh, and Mohanned Kesbeh.Sep 23, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- S. 2923 Infertility Research Centers Act of 2002Sep 11, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S. 2871 Act to Save America's ForestsAug 1, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- S. 2856 Colombian Temporary Protected Status Act of 2002Aug 1, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 985 (105th) A bill to designate the post office located at 194 Ward Street in Patterson, New Jersey, as the "Larry Doby Post Office".Became law
- S. 1026 (107th) A bill to designate the United States Post Office located at 60 Third Avenue in Long Branch, New Jersey, as the "Pat King Post Office Building".Became law
- S. 302 (106th) A bill for the relief of Kerantha Poole-Christian.Became law
- S.Res. 72 (106th) A resolution designating the month of May in 1999 and 2000 as "National ALS Awareness Month".Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 34 (106th) A resolution designating the week beginning April 30, 1999, as "National Youth Fitness Week".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5323 (102nd) Cuban Democracy Act of 1992Passed a chamber
- S.Con.Res. 6 (107th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sympathy for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck India on January 26, 2001, and support for ongoing…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 128 (107th) A resolution calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately and unconditionally release all American scholars of Chinese ancestry…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Torricelli has won
Sen. Torricelli has won 7 U.S. House elections (1982–1994) and 1 U.S. Senate election (1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.0 to 38.0 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 65 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 65 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a Congress.gov note | 4 | See the 4 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.