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Bob Menendez

Lou Dobbs Senate Run Under Seriously Consideration, 'Intermediary Step'

AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dobbs New Jersey Senate Seat, Senate Race Lou Dobbs, Bob Menendez, Lou Dobbs New Jersey Senate Seat, Dobbs New Jersey Senate Race, Lou Dobbs, Dobbs Senate Run, Lou Dobbs Senate Run, Menendez, Senator Menendez Dobbs, Politics News

HILLSIDE, N.J. — Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possi...

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly: A Look Back at the Drama Over the EPW Bill

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Copenhagen 2009, Clean Energy, Lindsey Graham, Frank Lautenberg, Coal, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, Dirty Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, Senate, Barbara Boxer, Sheldon Whitehouse, Big Oil, Bob Menendez, John Kerry, Max Baucus, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Bill, 1sky, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

In the past week, a drama unfolded around the Senate EPW Committee hearings for the new Senate bill on climate and clean energy jobs. Declarations! Boycott threats! Power plays!

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Because Bipartisanship Is Dead Until 2011: A Defense of Senate Moderates

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Earl Warren, John Tower, Senate Republicans, 1964, Moderate Democrats, Joe Biden, Dscc, Bipartisan, 2011, Barack Obama, Thomas Kuchel, Economic Stimulus Package, 2010, Moderates, Bob Menendez, Joseph Alsop, 1965, Orrin Hatch, Bipartisanship, Lbj, Lyndon Johnson, Republicans, Barry Goldwater, Health Care, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

The GOP cannot even claim credit for bringing the bills to the middle of the road -- the Democrats are hogging all of it. And that is a good thing, despite what some may think.

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Rep. Steve Rothman: Gadhafi Won't Stay In Englewood

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

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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Gov. Corzine, Sen. Menendez Say Gadhafi Should Be 'Barred' From New Jersey

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 09.26.2009 | New York

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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Menendez Serves As Voice Of Senate Democrats For Hispanic Community On Sotomayor

New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Menendez, Menendez, Robert Menendez, Hispanics Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

Back home in Union City, N.J., these last few weeks, Senator Robert Menendez would walk into a restaurant only to have someone shout the inevitable qu...

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Jeff Muskus

Menendez: Transportation Missing From Climate Change Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Climate Bill, Climate Change, Bob Menendez, Ray Lahood, Politics News

The next phase of the climate change debate began Tuesday morning in the Senate, but with a big piece missing. The heads of all the relevant governmen...

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Down Fur the Count

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fur, Jim Moran, Jon Corzine, Bob Menendez, Animals, New Jersey, Labeling, Mary Bono Mack, Sean John, Foot Locker, J. Crew, Kenneth Cole, Calvin Klein, BCBG Max Azria, Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Burlington Coat Factory, Michael Kors, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Last week New Jersey's state legislature approved a bill requiring the labeling of all animal fur garments, making it the fifth state to better protect consumers from fraudulent fur selling.

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The New Evita? Obama's Political Outreach by Lottery

Steve Clemons | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Ron Paul, Campaign Finance, Mitt Romney, Dscc, Facebook, David Plouffe, Barack Obama, Christian Coalition, Web Politics, Bob Menendez, David Axelrod, John Edwards, Joe Rospars, Hillary Clinton, Political Donations, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Today, I received the note from Senator Bob Menendez promising Obama-time for a select few picked from those who kick in five bucks to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

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Arthur Delaney

Menendez To Geithner: Stop Bailed-Out Banks From Hiking Credit Card Rates On Consumers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Menendez, Credit Card Reform, Credit Debt, Obama Administration, Politics News

UPDATE: Obama is set to meet with credit card company representatives on Thursday: In a bid to aid consumers hit hard by the recession, lawmakers are...

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Politico Labels Bush U.S. Attorney as GOP's Future, Ignores Evidence He Politicized Office

John R. Bohrer | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chris Christie, New Jersey, Bob Menendez, Tom Kean Jr., George W. Bush, U.S. Attorney Scandal, U.S. Attorney, New Jersey Governor, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

An anonymous U.S. Attorney who was cut loose in the firing scandal that brought down Alberto Gonzales tells Politico that some of the prosecutors who remained "wished they had been fired, too."

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Blagojevich: Obama Should Fire Rahm Emanuel (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Rahm Emanuel Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Bob Menendez, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Blagojevich Scandal, Blagojevich Indictment, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Blagojevich Corruption, Blagojevich Impeachment, Illinois State Senate, Politics News

In his hour-long closing statement before the Illinois State Senate today, Governor Rod Blagojevich continued to traipse across the plane of outlandis...

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Sam Stein

Sen. Menendez Named Head Of DSCC

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Party Senate, Chuck Schumer, Bob Menendez, Dscc, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Schumer, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Menendez, Politics News

Sen. Bob Menendez was named the next chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Tuesday morning, taking the reigns from his wildly succe...

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The Gathering Credit Card Storm

Sen. Robert Menendez | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Rescue Plan, Congress, Bailout, Bob Menendez, Economy, Economic Crisis, Banks, Banking Crisis, Credit Cards, Robert Menendez, Credit Card Issuers, Business News
Sen. Robert Menendez

We can't afford to watch consumers' finances dragged down by unfair credit card practices. It wouldn't be fair in any situation, but at a time of such national financial turmoil, it's an even bigger threat to our economy.

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Jason Linkins

Clinton Camp Expands Strategic Umbrella Of Stupidity In Their Global War On Economists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Video, Gas Tax Holiday, William Kristol, Clinton Gas Tax Holiday, Bob Menendez, Politics News

UPDATE: Sen. Mendenez has released the following clarification: "I should have elaborated more in my on-air response -- the point I was making was th...

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