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October 13, 2020

Twitter accuses Cory Booker of 'mansplaining' to Amy Coney Barrett at confirmation hearing

Critics piled on Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. over his conduct at the confirmation hearing of SCOTUS nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. 

October 13, 2020

Judge Amy Coney Barrett flips the script on Democrats over health care, notes when she adopted daughter

Democrats grilled Amy Coney Barrett on health care Tuesday and the Supreme Court nominee responded by sharing her family's own personal story of access to health care. 

October 13, 2020

Cory Booker presses Amy Coney Barrett on racial bias in criminal justice system

The NJ senator asked Barrett if she would condemn White supremacy.

September 20, 2020

Cory Booker says GOP move to immediately confirm Ginsburg successor undermines legitimacy of Supreme Court

Senate Judiciary Committee member Cory Booker, D-N.J., warned Republicans would harm the Supreme Court's legitimacy by forcing through a nominee

August 25, 2020

Democrats charge GOP convention 'lacking so much unity'

A top surrogate for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden – pointing to some glaring absences of some former and current GOP leaders at this week’s Republican National Convention - is arguing the Republican convention suffers from a lack of party unity.

August 19, 2020

DNC speakers: What to know about Cory Booker

Booker has touted that he has dedicated his political career to "fighting for those who have been left out, left behind or left without a voice." 

July 13, 2020

US Conference of Mayors supports commission to study giving reparations to African-Americans

The U.S. Conference of Mayors is expressing support for Democratic-proposed legislation introduced by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., to commission a study on reparations to African Americans. 

July 8, 2020

7 of 47 in Senate Dems Caucus have mostly non-white staffs, survey shows

Seven out of 47 senators who caucus with the Democrats have a team made up of at least 50 percent of staffers who identify as “non-Caucasian,” according to new data.

June 24, 2020

Meat plants questioned on record pork shipments to China despite warnings of shortage due to coronavirus

Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker are initiating an investigation into several meat plants after the companies pushed to stay open during the coronavirus pandemic-- citing a meat shortage that triggered raised prices-- despite a record-high number of pork shipments to China. 

June 18, 2020

Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt blocks unanimous-consent bill that would remove Confederate statues from Capitol

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., blocked a bill presented by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,   that moved to unanimously remove the confederate statues from the Capitol Thursday.