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Menendez, Booker urge DeJoy to abandon changes that would triple VBM costs

August 13, 2020 11:12 am

U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen), Cory Booker (D-Newark) and 45 of their Democratic colleagues urged Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to rescind changes to U.S. Postal Service policy that would make sending mail-in ballots more costly. “Instead of taking steps...

Tight races in four states boost Menendez’s committee chair prospects

August 6, 2020 4:37 pm

Four Republican senators in states around the country are facing tight challenges that could make U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen) chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...

Monmouth poll of Iowa voters has some interest to N.J.

August 5, 2020 11:10 amAugust 5, 2020 11:15 am

More than 1,000 miles separate Trenton from Des Moines, but some data from a new Monmouth University poll is relevant to the New Jersey political world. Iowa will send a vote-by-mail application to all active voters for the November general...

Absent Trump intereference, USPS can handle all-VBM general, Menendez says

August 4, 2020 12:01 am

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen) thinks the U.S. Postal Service has the capacity to administer an all-vote-by-mail general election, but he also thinks President Donald Trump’s administration is looking to make sure the agency flounders. “Well, listen, it can...

Menendez: Mail-in voting must stick around, despite Trump attacks

August 3, 2020 2:57 pmAugust 3, 2020 3:58 pm

U.S. Bob Menendez put himself firmly opposite President Donald Trump’s calls to nix mail-in voting Monday. “Whatever way any citizen wants to cast their vote, they should be available to do so,” Menendez said. “So, I think in the midst...

Menendez, Booker drafting bill to shield federal judges’ personal information

August 3, 2020 12:41 pmAugust 3, 2020 12:45 pm

U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen) and Cory Booker are in the process of drafting a bill that would make private federal judges’ personal information and introduce a host of other security measures for members of the judiciary following the...

Menendez blasts pro-Trump super PAC ad seeking to divide Latinos, Blacks

July 31, 2020 2:34 pmJuly 31, 2020 6:11 pm

A pro-Trump super PAC TV ad aimed at dividing Black and Latino communities over Joe Biden’s possible pick of a Black running mate is being sharply criticized by U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey). “No one’s buying Trump’s blatant pandering...