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Menendez raises $300k for 2024 campaign

October 15, 2019 6:28 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, who still has five more years left in his term, raised $72,857 during the last three months. Menendez has raised $299,287 in 2019 and has $276,791 cash-on-hand, according to a report filed with the Federal Election...

Menendez announces permanent rush hour ban on portal bridge marine traffic

October 8, 2019 11:18 amOctober 8, 2019 11:33 am

The U.S. Coast Guard will make its rush-hour ban on marine traffic under the portal bridge permanent, U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez announced Tuesday. “This is fantastic news for rail commuters and I applaud the Coast Guard for taking this significant...

Murphy, Cuomo announce Gateway Commission nominees

October 7, 2019 10:09 amOctober 7, 2019 3:32 pm

Governors in New York and New Jersey announced their appointments to the Gateway Development Commission Monday. “The commissioners we have chosen today represent a group of talented individuals of the highest integrity and professionalism who will provide meaningful oversight and...

Menendez calls on Pompeo to testify before senate committee

September 27, 2019 12:53 pmSeptember 27, 2019 3:55 pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Friday. Menendez, who is ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the call following news reports that said President...

Menendez passes on criticism over Bucco’s dual candidacy

September 27, 2019 12:35 pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez joined a number of the state’s other top Democrats in declining to criticize Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco for running for both the State Senate and the Assembly with the intention of only keeping the former seat....

Republicans block Menendez’s Ukraine bill

September 25, 2019 4:55 pmSeptember 26, 2019 10:32 am

Senate Republicans blocked a bill authored by U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez that would have ordered the State Department’s inspector general to investigate the White House’s freezing of close to $400 million in military aid to Ukraine Wednesday. “It is time...

Bucco would be the 5th sitting Senator to run for Assembly

September 25, 2019 1:29 amSeptember 25, 2019 1:50 am

Anthony Bucco would not be the first sitting State Senator to seek a seat in the New Jersey State Assembly, but he is the first to run with no intention of keeping the job. Some Senators have gone to the...