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      <excerpt> By The Auditor/The Star-Ledger Jerry McCrea/ The Star-LedgerUS Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) The Auditor has learned US Sen Bob Menendez (DN. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Bills to do so have already been introduced by Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-Paterson, and Sen. Bob Menendez. Pascrell&amp;#39;s bill, HR 4522, expands the ban on ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Add &amp;quot;Used Bank Salesman&amp;quot; to Senator Bob Menendez&amp;#39;s resume. Last July our esteemed U.S. Senator (and head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) wrote to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on behalf of a small bank in Elizabeth, NJ. ...</excerpt>
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