Cory Booker Archives - New Jersey Globe

Booker’s IRS Modernization Bill Passes Senate

June 17, 2019 6:19 pmJune 17, 2019 7:45 pm

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan bill authored by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) to modernize the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) income verification process passed the Senate late Thursday, as part of a broader IRS reform package. The IRS Data Verification Modernization...

Menendez, Booker Announce $3M to Support Head Start

June 17, 2019 2:22 pm

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $3,277,085 to support the Head Start program at The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey in Mercer...

Flanagan alleges connection between Booker op-ed, Norcross fundraiser

June 17, 2019 1:25 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tricia Flanagan today accused Cory Booker of writing a Star-Ledger guest column praising the revitalization of Camden to get Democratic leader George Norcross to co-host a fundraiser for his presidential campaign. “A $2,800 per person fundraiser...

ICYMI: Cory Booker Receives Standing Ovation After Speaking at Black Economic Alliance Forum in South Carolina

June 17, 2019 12:19 pm

Newark, NJ — At the Black Economic Alliance Presidential Forum in Charleston, South Carolina, over the weekend, Cory Booker received a standing ovation after speaking about his experiences living in a low-income community in Newark, his Baby Bonds proposal, and his...

Cory Booker’s Sunday polls

June 16, 2019 8:25 pm

Cory Booker is at 3% in a national poll released today by Fox News. Joe Biden leads with 32%, followed by Bernie Sanders (13%), Elizabeth Warren (9%), Pete Buttigieg (8%), Kamala Harris (8%) and Beto O’Rourke (8%). Amy Klobuchar and...

Once a GOP stronghold, Westfield now leans Democratic

June 16, 2019 12:13 pmJune 17, 2019 9:14 am

Westfield was a solidly Republican town for more than a century, but it’s become a Democratic-leaning swing town in recent years. Bramnick finished second in Westfield when he ran for re-election in 2017, finishing 222 votes behind Democrat Lacey Cotter...

Menendez, Booker blast FCC for renewing WWOR broadcast license

June 14, 2019 4:06 pm

U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker slammed Federal Communications Commissions chairman Ajit Pai for renewing WWOR-TV’s broadcast license after the network sold its New Jersey offices and essentially pulled out of the state. “The decision to renew the license...