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Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A growing number of Senate Democrats on Tuesday called on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to resign after a federal grand jury returned a sweeping indictment against him late last week. The Senate returned to Washington Tuesday for the first time since Menendez, a Democrat, was indicted on federal bribery charges. While many Senate Democrats were initially slow to react, many of them are now calling for Menendez to step aside, with at leas...

A bipartisan group of senators advanced a landmark cannabis financing bill that would give legal protection to banks that take marijuana companies on as clients.

The Senate Banking Committee approved the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act Wednesday, marking a regulatory milestone that has been in the works for nearly a decade.

Several Democrats in the House and Senate said they will start returning or donating campaign contributions from New Millennium, Sen. Bob Menendez' leadership PAC.

In her remarks, Harris spoke about issues like abortion rights, gun safety, voting rights and book bans.

A cannabis banking bill cleared a Senate committee for the first time ever on Wednesday morning. The Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act provides a safe harbor for legal state-level marijuana dispensaries and growers to access federally-regulated banks and credit unions that have been wary of the persistent federal ban. Sens. Jeff Merkley…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez came under heavy pressure to resign Tuesday as a surging number of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, including fellow New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker, urged him to step aside over the federal bribery allegations against him. Around half of Senate Democrats have now said that Menendez should resign, […]

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BY MATT MARGOLIS Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) has been a dirty and corrupt politician for years. He’s been under investigation, indictment, and even trial in the past. Yet the voters of New Jersey reelected him, and he’s had the support of his fellow Democrats in Congress. It’s hard to understand why

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