{"id":1122137,"date":"2021-12-15T15:43:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T20:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122137"},"modified":"2021-12-15T15:43:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T20:43:38","slug":"report-democrat-sen-bob-menendez-fractures-shoulder-rushing-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-democrat-sen-bob-menendez-fractures-shoulder-rushing-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez Fractures Shoulder Rushing to Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-democrat-sen-bob-menendez-fractures-shoulder-rushing-to-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122137&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/New-Jersey-Sen-Bob-Menendez-10-24-18-AP.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sen.&nbsp;Bob Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, fractured his shoulder while rushing to the U.S. Senate floor to vote Tuesday, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez\u2019s&nbsp;Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing ended and he needed to vote in the Senate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Rushing to the subway, he slipped on the floor en route to the Capitol from the hearing. As a result, he&nbsp;fractured and&nbsp;dislocated his right shoulder, the one he uses to write, NJ.com&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/menendez-slips-fractures-shoulder-in-rush-to-get-to-us-senate-floor-for-vote.html\">reported<\/a>.&nbsp;Menendez said he is \u201cexpected to be on the injury list for at least six weeks and might need surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In pain with his arm in a sling, the senator made the vote and stayed for the rest of the votes, the report added.&nbsp;He told reporters that&nbsp;negotiations regarding the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/19\/democrats-approve-billion-dollar-tax-cut-for-their-rich-blue-state-donors\/\">State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction<\/a> were ongoing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.1849710982659\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Menendez slips, fractures shoulder in rush to get to U.S. Senate floor for vote <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dqg8R9Iflo\">https:\/\/t.co\/Dqg8R9Iflo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/POEKp1utkS\">pic.twitter.com\/POEKp1utkS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 njdotcom (@njdotcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njdotcom\/status\/1470910446404317186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s called being too responsible, all to get to the vote and to get to another hearing,\u201d Menendez said about rushing to the Capitol to make the votes. \u201cThe hearings will always be there and the votes will always be there. Good lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to survive and I\u2019m one tough son of a bitch, so this too will pass,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>One of the votes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/14\/democrats-pass-debt-ceiling-increase-by-bypassing-filibuster\/\">passed<\/a> on Tuesday, with solely Democrat voters on a 50-49 margin&nbsp;\u2014 including&nbsp;Menendez \u2014 increasing the&nbsp;debt ceiling by&nbsp;$2.5 trillion. In turn, this pushes the&nbsp;debt ceiling past the 2022 midterm elections next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe measure moves to the House, where it is quickly expected to pass and get sent to President Joe Biden\u2019s desk. The federal government may face a default on its debt if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling by December 15,\u201d Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/14\/democrats-pass-debt-ceiling-increase-by-bypassing-filibuster\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen.\u00a0Bob Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, fractured his shoulder while rushing to the U.S. Senate floor to vote Tuesday, according to a report. 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