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Menendez blocks 2 Biden nominees over frustration with border negotiations
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Sen. Bob Menendez, accused of a bribery scheme to benefit the Egyptian government, blocked two Senate agriculture-related nominations before holiday recess.
According to the spokesperson, Menendez is unhappy with the dearth of details from the Biden administration to himself and other Congressional Hispanic Caucus members during the ongoing negotiations with Republicans to pass a supplemental spending bill for Ukraine aid in exchange for border security funding. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
Menendez wanted to demonstrate his "dissatisfaction" with the Biden administration’s current response on the border, the spokesperson added, describing how the senator indicated last week to Democratic leadership that he intended to block the nominations and proceeded to object again on Wednesday.