Senate

Sen. Bob Menendez Is Collecting Signatures in Last Desperate Bid

New Jersey and the Senate may not have seen the last of Sen. Bob Menendez. The Senator faces ongoing federal corruption charges after 19 years of sitting in the upper chamber. The politician has been accused of accepting cash, gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz, and payments on a home mortgage among other potential bribes. Nonetheless, Menendez […]

Who Is Running Congress?

Reflect on the words of Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., in his Washington Post article titled “Why Is Congress So Dumb?” Thereby hangs a tale of congressional anemia and languor. The veteran congressman laments, “our available resources and our policy staff, the brains of Congress, have been so depleted that we can’t do our jobs properly. […]

Senate Border Bill Fails

The bipartisan border bill failed in the U.S. Senate Thursday, even losing the support of two key negotiators who helped craft the legislation. This marked the second time the Senate voted against moving forward with the bill. The vote on the border bill “is not an effort to actually make law, it is an effort […]

Senate Border Bill Fails

The bipartisan border bill failed in the U.S. Senate Thursday, even losing the support of two key negotiators who helped craft the legislation. This marked the second time the Senate voted against moving forward with the bill. The vote on the border bill “is not an effort to actually make law, it is an effort […]