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Here is a closer look at what could happen to Menendez's seat now. Expulsion The Constitution gives Congress the power to punish its members and requires a two-thirds majority to expel a lawmaker.
If Menendez declines to resign, the panel could make a recommendation that the Senate expel him. It takes two-thirds of the Senate, or 67 votes, to expel a member.
Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez will resign next month after he was found guilty on all 16 counts in a federal bribery and corruption trial. The New Jersey senator officially informed Gov. Phil ...
Menendez said in a press conference that he would not step down despite the growing calls from more than a dozen lawmakers asking him to resign. First federal charges: N.J. Sen. Menendez, North ...
Menendez's resignation will temporarily reduce the Democratic majority in the Senate to 50-49 until Murphy's appointee is sworn in to finish what remains of Menendez's current six-year term, which ...
Disgraced New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez will resign from his seat, effective August 20, following his 16-felony count conviction.. On Tuesday, Menendez, 70, entered his resignation letter into ...
Gov. Phil Murphy said that if he does not resign, the Senate should expel Menendez. "Today's verdict finding Senator Bob Menendez guilty on 16 counts demonstrates that the Senator broke the law ...
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez will resign Aug. 20 following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government, he wrote in a letter to New Jersey's ...