Senator Robert Menendez

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur Confronts MF Global and Wall Street

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Jon Corzine, Countrywide, Third World America, Representative Nan Hayworth, MF Global, Henry Paulson, Senator Mike Johanns, Representative Bill Huizenga, Senator Robert Menendez, Representative Marcy Kaptur, Video, Business News
Janet Tavakoli

When it comes to fraud, if you don't look for it, you don't find it, because when it comes to fraud, there is always a cover-up.

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From Hope to History: It's Time to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Wal Mart, Women, Michelle Obama, President Obama, The Best of Everything After 50, Gloria Steinem, Lady GaGa, Women's Empowerment, Equal Rights Amendment, Senator Robert Menendez, Politics, Feminism, Constitution, Era, Oprah, Feminist.com, Carolyn Maloney Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Now, Women's Rights Movement, Women News
Barbara Hannah Grufferman

My two teenaged daughters want to know why we have failed them. They want to know why -- in 2011 -- the U.S. Constitution still does not state that men and women are equal. What do I tell them?

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Senator Landrieu: The Apologist

Edward Flattau | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Oil Industry, Environmental Policy, Mary Landrieu, Oil Subsidies, Senator Landrieu, Senator Robert Menendez, Congressional Research Service, Corporate Tax Loopholes, Tax Breaks, Green News
Edward Flattau

The Senate's most outspoken apologist for the oil industry is at it again. Sen. Mary Landrieu, recently declared that eliminating federal subsidies to the major oil companies would be a gross injustice.

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People or Polluters: Ending Oil Subsidies

Erich Pica | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Energy, Environment, Oil, Senate, Subsidies, Corporate Handouts, Friends of the Earth, Senator Robert Menendez, Oil Industry, John Boehner, George W. Bush, Oil Industry Profits, Green News
Erich Pica

It is indefensible for our federal government to demolish the social safety net while continuing to hand out more than $200 billion in subsidies to environmentally destructive industries.

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Amanda Terkel

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Donut Hole, Chuck Schumer, Obamacare Repeal, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Donut Hole, Bob Menendez, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Eric Cantor, Robert Menendez, Health Care Repeal, Senator Robert Menendez, Charles Schumer, Rep. Eric Cantor, Prescription Drug Coverage, Medicare, Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics News

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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Community Organizers Revive Immigration Reform Again

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Jan Brewer, We Are America Stories, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Center for Community Change, We Are America, President Obama, Illegal Immigration, Community Organizer, Obama Administration, Obama, Immigration, Robert Menendez, Barack Obama, Deportation, Deportations, Yves Gomes, Senator Robert Menendez, Illegal Aliens, Immigration Reform, Jan Brewer, Luis Gutierrez, Relief Reform Respect, Senator Bob Menendez, Bob Menendez, DREAM Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigrants, Community Organizing, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Politics News
Deepak Bhargava

Even while the elite political establishment has been engrossed with the elections, the grassroots has never taken its focus off alleviating the pain felt by people whose lives are affected by our dysfunctional immigration system.

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A Mother's Day Tribute from Rep. Bobby Rush, Sen. Robert Menendez, Mrs. Carol Blocker and Leading Women's Activists

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ppd, Senator Robert Menendez, Women's Healthcare, Bobby Rush, The MOTHERS Act, Post Partum Depression, Carol Blocker, Susan Dowd Stone, Post Partum Psychosis, Home News
Rep. Bobby Rush

On May 6, on a bright shining day on Capitol Hill only days away from this Sunday's Mother's Day commemoration, U. S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), U. S....

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Gulf Oil Spill Gives Senators Pause On Energy And Climate Bill

The New York Times | JOHN M. BRODER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lindsey Graham Climate Bill, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Oil Rig Blast, Oil Drilling, Offshore Drilling Climate Bill, Obama Offshore Drilling, Energy Bill, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Primary Topic, Gulf of Mexico, Senator Robert Menendez, Offshore Drilling, Green News

WASHINGTON -- The loss of life and the looming ecological catastrophe from the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico have piled political complicati...

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How Empowering Immigrant Workers Benefits Us All

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Robert Menendez, Politics News, Immigration Reform, Democratic Congress, Department of Labor, Immigration, POWER Act, Undocumented Workers, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Afton Branche

Last week, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and three co-sponsors introduced the Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act (POWER Act), ...

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NJ Supreme Court Hears Tea Party Case For Recall Of Senator Menendez

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Menendez Recall, Senator Robert Menendez, Tea Party Menendez Recall, Menendez Tea Party, Bob Menendez, Menendez, New Jersey, Robert Menendez, Nj, Tea Party Menendez, Politics News

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey's Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider whether voters have the right to recall U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez. A tea party gr...

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Menendez Lays Down a Solar Challenge

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Robert Menendez, Solar Energy, Solar, 2009 Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Green News
A. Siegel

If there is a New Jersey Decathlon entry in 2011, it seems clear that Menendez will lead the way among Senators laying down some bets in the competition.

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Congressman: Gadhafi Won't Stay In Englewood (UPDATE)

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Englewood, United Nations, Michael Wildes, Englewood Mayor, New York News, Gov. Jon Corzine, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, John Adler, Senator Robert Menendez, Libya, Jon Corzine, New Jersey, Englewood New Jersey, Bob Menendez, Moammar Gadhafi, New York News

NEWARK, N.J. — U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman said late Friday he's been given assurances from a representative of the Libyan government that Moammar G...

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Corzine, Menendez Say Gadhafi Not Welcome In Jersey

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Robert Menendez, John Adler, Jon Corzine, Englewood, New Jersey, Bob Menendez, United Nations, Moammar Gadhafi, Gov. Jon Corzine, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, New York News

NEWARK, N.J. — Gov. Jon Corzine and New Jersey federal legislators joined an angry chorus of opposition Wednesday to Libyan leader Moammar Gadha...

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Love, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Conor Fortune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Senator Robert Menendez, Immigration Reform, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Rep. Mike Honda, Argentine, Houston, Loving v. Virginia, Independence Day, Reuniting Families Act, Immigration, Irish-American, Immigration Policy, Loving vs. Virginia, Home News
Conor Fortune

Senator Robert Menendez: "Our family immigration system is broken -- it has not been updated in 20 years and many families wait decades to immigrate legally to this country."

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