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Congressional Candidate Promises Traveling Tea Party Fight

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 05.25.2012

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A Democratic congressional candidate in New Jersey promised during a debate Thursday to travel the country fighting Tea Party members of Congress. ...

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Members Of Congress Call For Justice In Border Patrol Beating Death Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Immigration Death, Anastasio Hernandez Rojas Death, Border Patrol Abuse, Jose Serrano, Border Deaths, Anastasio Hernandez Rojas Pbs, Border Patrol Killing, Immigration, Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, Border Patrol, Roberto Lovato, Video, Luis Gutierrez, Bob Menendez, Latino Voices News

Sixteen members of Congress are demanding that the federal government investigate the death of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, an undocumented immigrant wh...

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Was Your IKEA Furniture Made In A Cuban Prison?

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Video, Ikea, Marco Rubio, Fidel Castro, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Bob Menendez, Raul Castro, The Castro Brothers, Political Prisoners, Mario Diaz-Balart, Cuba, Latino Voices News

The flap is heating up over allegations that IKEA used Cuban political prisoners to make furniture. A bipartisan group of ranking Hispanic members ...

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Marco Rubio Holds Meeting With Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Charles Gonzalez, Rubio Dream Act, Mitt Romney Dream Act, Video, Undocumented Immigrants, Luis Gutierrez, Marco Rubio, DREAM Act, Bob Menendez, Mitt Romney, Undocumented Immigration, Immigration, Deportation, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a sign that Democrats may consider getting on board with Sen. Marco Rubio's Dream Act-style legislation, three leading Latino members...

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Democrats Campaign Off Oil Subsidy Debate

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Video, Dscc, Election 2012 Blog, Bob Menendez Oil Subsidies, Bob Menendez, Oil Subsidies, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Oil, Elections 2012, Big Oil Subsidies, Politics News

Democrats are taking their oil debate off the Senate floor and onto the campaign trail this week, launching a series of online ads and a petition targ...

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GOP Smells Gas Price Victory, Votes To Debate Big Oil Subsidies

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Obama Gas Prices, High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez Oil Subsidies, Big Oil, Bob Menendez, Oil Subsidies, Big Oil Subsidies, MItch McConnell Oil Subsidies, Robert Menendez, Republicans Oil Subsidies, Mitch McConnell Gas Prices, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With Republicans relentlessly blaming President Barack Obama for high gas prices, Democrats tried a different tactic Monday, offering le...

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Elizabeth Warren Looks Ahead To November

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Scott Brown, Ron Barber, Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown 2012, Congressional Elections, Tim Kaine, John Sanchez, House Race, Congressional Approve, 2012 Senate Races, 2012 House Races, Elections 2012, 2012 Senate Elections, Elizabeth Warren 2012, 2012 Congressional Elections, Pete Hoekstra, Politics News, Video, Wisconsin Recall, In Case You Missed It Politics, Nydia Velasquez, Bob Menendez, Gabrielle Giffords, 10 Things, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, 2012 Congressional Races, Politics News

Elizabeth Warren is already focused on unseating Republican Sen. Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race, but first, she'll have to get through t...

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Senate Super Bowl Rivalry Quashed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 03.27.2012

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Fans across the country are gearing up for the Super Bowl -- and, if a short-lived intraoffice feud is any proof, the denizens of the Hart Senate Offi...

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Chris Christie To Lead Political Train Ride From N.J. To Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Chris Christie, Amtrak, Lobbyists, Economic Development, New Jersey Train Ride, Governor Chris Christie, New Jersey Politics, Chris Christie Chamber of Commerce, Frank Lautenberg, Walk to Washington, Jon Corzine, Video, Bob Menendez, State and Local Government, New Jersey Walk to Washington, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) will be leading a New Jersey invasion of Washington Thursday night, following the state's annual train party for po...

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Immigration's Top 10 Heroes for 2012

Amy Novick | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Lisa Murkowski, Immigration Reform, Randy Parraz, Luis Gutierrez, Undocumented Immigrants, Michael Bloomberg, Bob Menendez, Michael Bennet, Immigration, Nan Orrock, Arizona Immigration Law, Zoe Lofgren, Rashida Tlaib, Politics News

The 2012 Immigrants' List Annual Heroes come from across the country, and work to positively impact policies on immigration. We are grateful for their work and excited to honor their achievements.

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HBO's Documentary, 'The Latino List'

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Latino, Video, Maria Hinojosa, Hbo, Sandra Cisneros, Gloria Estefan, Robert Menendez, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Hbo Latino, Cultura, Pitbull, America Ferrera, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Bob Menendez, Sonia Sotomayor, John Leguizamo, Eva Longoria, Hispanic Heritage Month, Latino Voices News

HBO will be debuting “The Latino List,” a new documentary featuring a series of “highly personal video portraits of Latinos who have richly con...

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Latino Legislators Promise To Keep Their Promises

HuffingtonPost.com | Maribel Hastings | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Latino, Michelle Obama, Latino Vote, Luis Enrique, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Obama, Immigration Reform, Jose-Diaz-Balart, Cultura, Video, Luis Gutierrez, Latino Politics, DREAM Act, Bob Menendez, Chci, Latino Voices News

The Nicaraguan singer and musician Luis Enrique defended efforts to pass of the DREAM act, which would legalize young undocumented immigrants, and imm...

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Congressional Democrats Press Support For Corporate Disclosure Post-Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Transparency, Richard Blumenthal, Corporations, Shareholder Protection Act, Bob Menendez, Elections 2012, Anna Eshoo, 112th Congress, Michael Capuano, Citizens United, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats are stepping up support for transparency in corporate political spending ahead of the 2012 elections. On Wedn...

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Freedom to Travel to Cuba: What Does It Mean for American Democracy?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cuba, Freedom to Travel, Marco Rubio, Barack Obama, Senator Bob Menendez, George W. Bush, Bob Menendez, Senator Menendez, Senator Rubio, Cuba Travel, State Sponsors of Terrorism, Senator Marco Rubio, World News

My guest post today is from Ernesto Morales Licea, until recently one of my fellow bloggers on the Island. Ernesto is a journalist who was fired from ...

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Repealing Health Care Reform Could Force 3 Million Seniors Repay The Gov't $250

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- Three million senior citizens could each have to repay the government $250 if health care reform is repealed, according to two Democratic ...

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Sen. Bob Menendez Likens GOP Talk On Bush Tax Cuts To 'Terrorist' Negotiations (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) vented some of his frustration over the GOP's insistence on extending the Bush tax cuts in their entirety on Friday, saying...

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NJ-Obama Approval: 51% Approve, 40% Disapprove (Fairleigh Dickinson 11/15-21)

Huffington Post | Carly Kinney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poll Update, Obama Job Approval Poll, Obama Job Approval, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Politics News

Fairleigh Dickinson University 11/15-21/10; 804 registered voters, 3.5% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews (Fairleigh Dickinson Release)...

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Obama And Top Congressional Democrats Call For DREAM Act's Passage Before Year's End

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama met with Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) members Tuesday afternoon and told them he backs their strategy of passing ...

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Reid Calls For Compromise: 'We Are Not Ostriches With Our Heads In The Sand'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), whose victory last night marked the single greatest win for Democrats this election cycle, said Wednesday ...

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Top Senate Republican Refuses To Say Whether Joe Miller Can Win

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On Sunday, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Tex.) denied reports that the GOP is abandoning Joe Miller in ...

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Rep. Gutierrez, Rep. Smith and the Battle for the Rule of Law

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, The Hill, Luis Gutierrez, Undocumented Immigrants, Lamar Smith, Bob Menendez, Rule of Law, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration, House Judiciary Committee, Politics News

In recent weeks, Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Lamar Smith (R-TX) have been engaged in an all out op-ed war, going back and forth on immigration ref...

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Top Dem Blasts Sharron Angle For 'Racist' And 'Despicable' Ad

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the DSCC, piled on the recent criticism of Sharron Angle's Latino-based attacks ads, calling her latest spot "...

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The Latest Political War: Over URLS

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Cadna, Jim Prindle, Bob Menendez, Joe Sestak, Internet, Poll, Pat Toomey, Campaign, Sharron Angle, Campaign Advertising, Politics News

A recent report from the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, or CADNA, a watchdog agency monitoring our online identities, found that only 32 perce...

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Why the DSCC Loves Sarah Palin

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Mcadams, Bob Menendez, Alaska, Dscc, Fundraiser, Teaparty, Tea Party, Joe W Miller, Sarah Palin, Joe Miller, Politics News

Nationally, both Democrats and Republicans are underestimating Sarah Palin. The DSCC and others do this at their own peril. Alaska is a chance to drive a political stake through the heart of the Palin king-maker meme.

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Weekly Diaspora: DREAM Act Could be First Step to Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After months of intense debate over the Obama administration's efforts to revamp our immigration sy...

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