BOB MENENDEZ

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has an upside-down 33%-34% approval rating among New Jersey registered voters, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. That’s a sharp drop from a June 11 poll, when the Senator’s job approval was at 36%-26%. He’s at 28%-36% among independents, 31%-37% in South Jersey, and 30%-35% among white voters. 

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez is in Afghanistan today as part of a week-long fact finding mission that will take him to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Germany.  His Afghanistan itinerary included meetings in Kabul with U.S. troops and with President Hamid Karzai.  Menendez, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will return to Washington on Monday.

Bob Menendez is doing something several of his predecessors did not – he’s continuing to play the rubber chicken circuit even though it’s another four years before he stands for re-election. Menendez spent Saturday night headlining a fundraiser for the Somerset County Democrats.

Grant program would support energy efficiency and renewable energy efforts for municipal and county governments

Menendez provision vital after CPSC officials took trips paid for by industry they regulate

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton will be in New Jersey on Monday to thank key supporters of her bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and Gov. Jon Corzine are expected to attend the event in East Rutherford.

“Apparently the Bush Administration is the last place on Earth unaffected by climate change”

Dr. John Howard, respected health professional, oversaw development and expansion of federal 9/11 health programs

Democratic U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg leads Republican challenger Dick Zimmer by thirteen percentage points, 49%-36%, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released today. A July 17, 2006 Quinnipiac poll had Republican Tom Kean, Jr. and incumbent Bob Menendez in a statistical dead heat: Kean 40%, Menendez 38%. A June 19, 2002 Quinnipiac poll had incumbent Bob Torricelli leading his GOP challenger, Douglas Forrester, 44%-36% And a July 27, 2000 Quinnipiac poll had Democrat Jon Corzine running twenty points ahead of Republican Bob Franks, 50%-30%. By Election Day, only the Corzine/Franks race was close.

Menendez Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act has bipartisan, high-level supportLegislation aims to strengthen, secure U.S. through a more stable, more prosperous region