His current term ends on January 3, 2025. "[98], Menendez holds that the success of America's foreign policy is "inextricably linked to the health of her domestic democracy", stating in the January 19, 2021, confirmation hearings of Secretary-designate Antony Blinken that public servants and senators have a "duty to stand up for democracy, for the constitution, and for the rule of law." ", "Trump 'Unleashed the Gates of Hell' by Green-Lighting Turkey's Syria Invasion, Senator Menendez Says", "Democrats urge halt to security aid to Azerbaijan in Armenia conflict", "US Allocates $100 million in Security Aid to Azerbaijan in 201819", "During Major Azerbaijani War Games, US Pulls Plug on Artsakh Demining", "Democrats warn Turkey over involvement in Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict", "Sen. Robert Menendez is about to assume a more powerful role in Washington", "Senators Vow Progress as Menendez Indicted", "House quickly passes South Korea nuke deal extension", "Statement by the President on the Ukraine Freedom Support Act", "S.3652 - A bill to counter the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and Eastern European allies, to expedite security assistance to Ukraine to bolster Ukraine's defense capabilities, and to impose sanctions relating to the actions of the Russian Federation with respect to Ukraine, and for other purposes", "Neo-Nazis Not Top of Mind for Senate Democrats Pushing Weapons for Ukraine", "Sen. Menendez: 'Mother of all sanctions bill' will deter Putin from invading Ukraine", [https://web.archive.org/web/20071213002727/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00259 Archived, Hillary Clinton For President Press Release, "Tea Party activists look to unseat U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez", "Tea Party group seeking to recall Sen. Robert Menendez appears before N.J. appeals court", "Court rules Tea Party can proceed with effort to recall Sen. Robert Menendez", "Tea Party Petition Aims to Oust NJ Senator Menendez", "US senator from NJ appeals recall ruling", "Why Recalls of U.S. U.S. [28][29], In the 105th Congress, Menendez voted for the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, repealing provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 that limited investment banks from acquiring insurance companies or other commercial banks, and voted for the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. [69] He voted to continue federal funding for declared "sanctuary cities. [22] He was an early advocate of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear capabilities, sponsoring the Iran Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1998, which passed the House but failed to pass the Senate. Wherwein, Peter (May 14, 1984). "[6][7] While at Union Hill, Menendez became the student body president. . During that time Menendez entered local politics by mounting a drive to reform the Union City Board of Education. "[34], In September 2006, just a few weeks before the 2006 senate elections, the office of the US District Attorney, Chris Christie, began investigating the rental deal with NHCAC, subpoenaing records from them. WASHINGTON - U.S. The senators asserted that "FEMA's refusal to use the tools at its disposal, including DHAP, to help these survivors is puzzling and profoundly troubling" and that hundreds of hurricane survivors were susceptible to being left homeless in the event that FEMA and HUD continued to not work together. [164], Menendez spearheaded a nonbinding resolution in July 2018 "warning President Trump not to let the Russian government question diplomats and other officials". All three family members are still unforgiving towards Kitty Menendez for what they believed happened to Erik and Lyle. 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The amendment failed with 213 votes in favor and 215 votes against. "[196][197] He also received the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III from President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades for "his contribution to promoting human rights, the rule of law, and democracy. The delegation also met representatives from the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and the US Chamber of Commerce. Senator Bob Menendez and Nadine Arslanian were married last Saturday in an intimate and socially distanced ceremony. [119], In June 2019, Menendez called for the immediate release of Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev, who was being held in custody by militants from the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. He is a politician and has not engaged in . A highly critical Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation report found that the institution had engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices, including operating without adequate supervision by its board of directors, an excessive level of delinquent or bad loans, inadequate earnings and insufficient coverage of its assets. Bob Menendez (serving since 2006) and Cory Booker (serving since 2013) are the two Democrats representing the state. [47], On January 6, 2021, Menendez was participating in the certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count when Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol. [25], Menendez voted against the United Nations Reform Act of 2005, cutting U.S. funding to the U.N. by 50% over three years, and sponsored the Tsunami Orphans and Unaccompanied Children Act of 2005 to provide assistance to victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. On May 13, 1986, he defeated Musto for mayor. In 2015, Menendez was indicted on federal corruption charges; the jury was unable to reach a verdict and charges were dropped in 2018. The district had been renumbered as the 13th district, and reconfigured as a Latino-majority district. Translate; Trending; Random; Home Politician Bob Menendez. [87][88] Menendez also voted for the U.S. military's Don't ask, don't tell as a congressman, and co-sponsored the DADT repeal act in 2010. [40], When incumbent U.S. [178] The total rent collected over nine years was over $300,000. He has long contended that the corruption investigation was politically motivated. [183][184] In return, Menendez was accused of accepting a range of perks from Melgen, including trips on Melgen's private jet, three nights at a five-star Paris hotel, a round of golf at a private club in West Palm Beach and access to an exclusive Dominican resortsome of which Menendez allegedly failed to report on financial disclosure forms. Robert Jacobsen Menendez Jr. (born July 12, 1985) [1] is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representatives for New Jersey's 8th congressional district since 2023. [24] In 2002, Menendez voted against the Iraq Resolution to authorize the invasion of Iraq. $7,500. [169][170][171] One accuser stated that she had been paid to falsely implicate Menendez and had never met him. These tables list the top donors to candidates in the 2017 - 2022 election cycle. "[79], In June 2019, Menendez was one of 44 senators to introduce the International Climate Accountability Act, legislation that would prevent President Trump from using funds in an attempt to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and directing the Trump administration to instead develop a strategic plan for the United States that would allow it to meet its commitment under the Paris Agreement. He was born to a low-class family of Cuban immigrants. Menendez, whose parents were Cuban immigrants, grew up in Union City, New Jersey, where he served as president of his high-school class. Sebator Menendez was born on January 1, 1954 in New York City to Cuban immigrants who had left Cuba a few months earlier in 1953. . "[106], In March 2017, Menendez co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S.270), which made it a federal crime, punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment,[107] for Americans to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories if protesting actions by the Israeli government. "[151] Former federal bank regulator William K. Black called the letter "grotesquely inappropriate" and said that "the letter crossed an unofficial line by asking regulators to approve an application instead of simply asking that it be given consideration. A leaked database was released showing that almost 2 million registered members of the CCP were placed in key positions in various western nations. [141] Although Article 1, Paragraph 2(b) of the New Jersey Constitution expressly authorizes such a recall,[142] state officials fought the effort in court. Senator Bob Menendez was born in New York City on January 1, 1954. [185][186], After his indictment, Menendez voluntarily stepped down as ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee. But, he grew up in Union City, New . Menendez helped the organization win designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center in 1998. The Justice Department formally handed down an indictment for New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday, alleging that the Democrat used his Senate office to promote the interests of friend and. From 2021 to 2023, he served as a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. In a lengthy statement . [8] He went on to become the first in his family to go to college,[6] attending Saint Peter's College in Jersey City,[6][9][10] where he became a member of the Lambda Theta Phi fraternity. Menendez ran for reelection to a second full term and defeated Republican Joe Kyrillos on November 6, with 58% of the vote to Kyrillos's 39%. For the Texas state senator, see, "Robert Menendez" redirects here. Robert Menendez, a Senator and a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York, N.Y., on January 1, 1954; graduated from Union Hill High School, Union City, N.J., 1972; B.A., Saint Peter's College, Jersey City, N.J., 1976; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, N.J., 1979; lawyer, private practice; member of the Union City, N.J., Menendez decided to run in the primarythe real contest in this heavily Democratic districtand defeated Robert Haney Jr., 68%32%. [181] According to the indictment, Menendez asked top State Department officials to pressure the Dominican Republic's government into enforcing a port-security contract that would benefit Melgen's company while at the same time Melgen was promising to give $60,000 to Menendez's campaign. [139], In 2009, Menendez succeeded Senator Chuck Schumer of New York as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. It seems inevitable, then, that the senator's son would now stake his claim to the soon-to-be vacated seat. [188] On January 31, 2018, the Justice Department announced it was dropping all charges against Menendez. "[102][103], In December 2010, Menendez voted for the ratification of New Start,[104] a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the U.S. and the Russian Federation obliging both countries to have no more than 1,550 strategic warheads or 700 launchers deployed during the next seven years along with providing a continuation of on-site inspections that halted when START I expired the previous year. Senator Bob Menendez was born in New York City on January 1, 1954. Senator from New Jersey, since January 17, 2006. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (19932006). Patriarch Joseph Barry, who gave $10,000 in 2015, was sentenced to. Robert Menendez was born on July 12, 1985, in Hudson County, New Jersey. in political science, and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers Law School in 1979 at the Newark campus. [78], In February 2019, in response to reports of the EPA intending to decide against setting drinking water limits for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as part of an upcoming national strategy to manage the aforementioned class of chemicals, Menendez was one of 20 senators to sign a letter to Acting EPA Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler calling on the agency "to develop enforceable federal drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, as well as institute immediate actions to protect the public from contamination from additional per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The bill was intended to respond to the Virginia Beach shooting, where the perpetrator used a .45-caliber handgun with multiple extended magazines and a suppressor. The name of this entity matches an address of a Daibes-owned property in North Haledon . But, he grew up in Union City, New Jersey, where he attended the Union Hill High School. [122], Menendez called for the Trump administration to immediately suspend U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan,[123] sent through Pentagon's "building partner assistance program. A Democrat, he has served as a U.S. Cognizant Technology Solutions. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. "Senator Menendez" redirects here. Robert is a lawyer by profession and is currently a board member of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 3 in his honor; it is now known as Robert Menendez Elementary School. He was elected and took office the following year. [168][169] The allegations were promoted by Republican Party operatives, who arranged for ABC News and the Daily Caller to interview two women who accused Menendez of patronizing prostitutes. [60] In 2009, he introduced the Orphans, Widows, and Widowers Protection Act, granting a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented widowers and orphans of deceased U.S. The average age of a Menendez family member is 75. It passed 980. Robert is a lawyer by profession and is currently a board member of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Bob Menendez 6 There's a difference between a free market and free-for-all market. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today were joined by members of the NJ Congressional Delegation including U.S. House Representatives Donald Norcross (D-N.J.-01), Andy Kim (D-N.J.-03), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.-05), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.-06), Rob Menendez (D-N.J.-08 . Menendez ran for reelection to a third full term and defeated Republican Bob Hugin on November 6, with 54% of the vote to Hugin's 42%. He assumed office on January 18, 2006. He was evacuated to an undisclosed location, with other senators, after rioters breached the Capitol. 3763 (107th): Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (On Passage of the Bill)", Menendez on the move: Corzine appoints replacement in Senate, "U.S. Attorney Emerges as a Legal, and Political, Force", "Corzine Is Said to Have Picked a Replacement", "ON POLITICS; Menendez Wastes No Time In Declaring for the Senate", "The 'Power List' The Hudson Reporter's fourth annual rankings of Hudson County's most influential people", "Sen. Bill Bradley to Retire: Lawmaker Becomes 6th Democrat not to run", "Congressman Rejects Race For the Senate", "U.S. Senate: Committee Assignments of the 116th Congress", Armenian Genocide Marked by U.S. He called for military intervention in Libya and Syria, though he opposed a 2002 resolution that authorized the use of force against Iraq. Christofias, the leader of AKEL, Cyprus's communist party, from 1988 to 2009 and president from 2008 to 2013, had paid a state visit to Cuba in September 2009 for the opening of Cyprus's new embassy and, in his speech, made a number of anti-American embargo references, and spoke of the "common struggle of Cyprus and Cuba". Until this week, the last time Lyle and Erik Menendez saw each other was Sept. 10, 1996, said Robert Rand, a journalist who has covered the case since 1989 and was a consultant for NBC's 2017 TV . Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. He identified chief concerns as "rebuilding alliances, restoring American leadership in international institutions, and addressing complex global challenges like climate change, migration, pandemics like COVID-19." Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Marco Rubio (R-FL). In 1974, at the age of 20, Menendez was elected to the Union City School District's Board of Education. [26][27], Menendez voted for the PATRIOT Act in 2001, and in 2006 for its reauthorization. . [152][153][154][155], On January 5, 2012, Menendez blocked Judge Patty Shwartz, an Obama administration nominee to a federal judgeship, drawing speculation that the block was placed because of Shwartz's relationship with the head of the public corruption unit for New Jersey's federal prosecutor, who had investigated Menendez during his 2006 campaign. He continued to hold both offices until March 1991, when he moved from the Assembly to the New Jersey Senate upon winning the special election called following the death of Christopher Jackman. Family Life He divorced from Jane Jacobsen in 2005 after 29 years of marriage; the couple had two children, Alicia and Robert. Melgen, along with his family and associates, contributed more than $1m to Menendez and political action committees to help secure the senator's re-election in 2012, according to Federal . [203][204] Menendez and Jane divorced in 2005. In his letter to Christofias, Menendez wrote, "you cannot claim human rights violations by Turkey in your country and then ignore such violations in Cuba. [208] In 2018, Menendez moved from Paramus to Harrison.[209]. "Senator Menendez takes the long view to his chairmanship, guided by the belief that projecting American values from the committee dais will make a real difference in the world and improve the. 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