Tag: Bob Menendez

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama welcomes debate on terror war as a means of avoiding it

Gene Healy · May 27, 2014 1:17 pm

National Security

VIDEO: Ukraine bill passes Senate 98-2

Lisa Ruhl · March 27, 2014 4:00 am

John McCain to appear on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ Sunday

Associated Press · March 15, 2014 12:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., asks questions at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Menendez paid a law firm $250,000 in December 2013 for legal costs related to Justice Department and Senate Ethics Committee investigations into his ties with a major campaign donor. The Democrat also has set up a legal trust to raise money as the investigations continue.

Menendez sets up fund for ethics, Justice probes

Henry Jackson · January 31, 2014 11:52 pm

Opponents of the bill, sponsored by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., argued that delaying the rate increases would continue to incentivize people moving into flood-prone areas, which will become more widespread as rising sea levels and warmer waters propelled by climate change threaten to intensify storms. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Senate passes flood insurance bill

Zack Colman · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

Opponents of the bill, sponsored by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., argued that delaying the rate increases would continue to incentivize people moving into flood-prone areas, which will become more widespread as rising sea levels and warmer waters propelled by climate change threaten to intensify storms. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Senate takes up flood insurance bill as GOP backs alternative

Zack Colman · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is defending himself against new allegations that he improperly assisted two fugitive bankers from Ecuador. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bob Menendez defends himself against new allegations

Susan Crabtree · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid walk together on the tarmac as they arrive at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas in August 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama needs Harry Reid to tamp down Democratic defiance on Iran

Susan Crabtree · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he speaks to the media about the deal that has been reached between six world powers and Iran that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief, at the International Conference Centre of Geneva, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

Congress is taking the lead on tougher sanctions for Iran

Michael Barone · December 22, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., speaks with Washington Examiner at his office on Capitol Hill on Nov. 5. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

‘Bad cop’ Congress weighs tougher sanctions on Iran

Tim Mak · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Lawmakers urge Obama to stay firm on Iran sanctions

Lawmakers urge Obama to stay firm on Iran sanctions

Susan Crabtree · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing entitled: Reversing Iran's Nuclear Program. Sherman told the committee that the Obama administration would support tougher economic pressure on Iran if the Islamic republic doesn't begin slowing the pace of its uranium enrichment activity and opening its stockpiles of nuclear material to greater inspection, and reassured its critics that the U.S. would not be played for "suckers" by the moderate tone of Iran's new leader. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

State Department asks Congress to halt further Iran sanctions

Steve Contorno · October 3, 2013 4:00 am