Menendez’s Hard Line on Cuba and Iran Shows Deep Rifts With Obama
WASHINGTON — When Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey said last week that he would give President Obama two months before defying a veto threat and voting for new sanctions…
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Banking Committee approves Iran sanctions bill
Menendez and the bill’s Democratic supporters, including the Senate’s No. 3 Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer, promised President Barack Obama in a letter Tuesday they would wait until after the March…
Peace Gets A Chance: Democratic Hawks Back Off Iran Sanctions Bill
WASHINGTON — Hawkish Senate Democrats are backing off an aggressive push for Iran sanctions legislation, saying they’ll give President Barack Obama breathing room to let international talks play out over…
Senate Democrats slam White House oil drilling plan
“The fact is drilling in the Atlantic is a risk-reward proposition,” Menendez said. “All of the risk is put on the backs of our shore communities and all of the…
Democratic senator fights Obama on Iran
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed deep skepticism that negotiations between six world powers, known as the P5+1, and Iran are…
Obama-Menendez dispute shows Dem Iran rift
The unusually sharp exchange, between a senior senator and a president from his own party, occurred during a Senate Democratic retreat at a hotel in Baltimore. A senior administration official…