New Jerseyans are represented by stalwart New Jersey leaders like Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez and Representative Overall: 97% Frank Pallone, along with newly-elected New Jersey Democrats: 99% champs like Representatives Andy Kim and Mikie Shirell. New Jersey Republicans: 80%* *Representative Jeff Van Drew switched parties from Following a Clean Water Action report that Democratic to Republican in 2020 exposed how the fossil fuel industry has gamed a tax credit to its benefit,Senator GOOD BAD SENATOR VOTES VOTES SCORE Robert Menendez requested that the IRS Cory Booker D 3 0 100% Inspector General investigate the 45Q Robert Menedez D 5 0 100% tax credit. The IGs report confirmed the IRS oversight was lax and found that GOOD BAD the industry made off with even more REPRESENTATIVE SCORE VOTES VOTES taxpayer money than previously known. Donald W. Norcross D 1 17 0 100% Sen. Menendez Jefferson Van Drew R* 2 16 1 94% Senator Cory Booker reintroduced the Andy Kim D 3 17 0 100% Environmental Justice Act of 2019 which Christopher H. Smith R 4 11 6 65% aims to close the gaps in protection that Josh Gottheimer D 5 17 0 100% low income communities, communities of Frank Pallone D 6 17 0 100% color, and indigenous communities have Tom Malinowski D 7 17 0 100% dealt with for decades. It will codify the Sen. Booker Albio Sires D 8 17 0 100% landmark Executive Order 12898, signed Bill Pascrell Jr. D 9 17 0 100% by President Clinton, which required Donald M. Payne Jr. D 10 15 0 100% federal agencies to incorporate a focus on Mikie Sherrill D 11 17 0 100% environmental justice. Bonnie Watson Coleman D 12 17 0 100% Representative Frank Pallone introduced the CLEAN Future Act,* a plan to ensure Rep. Pallone the United States achieves net-zero greenhouse gas pollution no later than 2050. *This legislation is not scored because neither the Senate nor the House has voted on it yet.
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