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Booker signs onto amended anti-deepfake bill he previously blocked

November 27, 2024 11:31 am

In September, Senator Cory Booker blocked an anti-deepfake bill sponsored by Republican Senator Ted Cruz from passing the Senate unanimously, saying that he had concerns that the bill was overbroad and could have unintended consequences. The incident prompted recriminations on...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

September 27, 2024 4:55 pm

When you’re in Congress, legislating is important, but you know what takes higher priority? Winning re-election. Both the House and Senate passed a stopgap funding bill on Wednesday this week, then skipped town immediately afterwards so that vulnerable members can...

Booker scuffles with Ted Cruz after blocking deepfake porn bill in Senate

September 26, 2024 12:59 pmSeptember 26, 2024 2:56 pm

Senators Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are in a kerfuffle over a bill targeting the dissemination of AI deepfake porn, and they have very different ideas of who’s at fault. On the Senate floor yesterday, Cruz attempted...

Shaftan poll gives Trump big lead in Iowa, with Christie at zero

November 16, 2021 12:23 pm

A poll conducted by Neighborhood Research, a firm owned by GOP political consultant and New Jersey veteran Rick Shaftan – puts former President Donald Trump with a 56%-12% lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the first choice among likely...

Princeton club votes to strip Ted Cruz of prestigious award

March 5, 2021 8:11 pmMarch 5, 2021 9:45 pm

A Princeton University group founded 256 years ago by James Madison and Aaron Burr voted on Thursday to rescind an award to U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, the Daily Princetonian reported. The group, the American Whig-Clio Society, voted 37-32 to withdraw...

Booker laments historic assault on Congress

January 6, 2021 9:37 pm

An incensed Sen. Cory Booker (D-Newark) mourned an assault on American democracy from the Senate floor as lawmakers reconvened to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol Wednesday. “I can only...

Menendez applauds appointment of Latino to replace Harris in Senate

December 22, 2020 8:22 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez praised appointment of Alex Padilla to replace Kamala Harris in the United States Senate, bringing the number of Latinos in the Senate next year to six. “There is power in numbers, and with the largest number...