Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has now missed 56 votes in the Senate because of his ongoing corruption trial.
Menendez is accused of starting to take bribes from a wealthy donor just before joining the Senate in 2006. Prosecutors argue that the donor, Dr. Salomon Melgen, treated Menendez to lavish trips in the Dominican Republic so that Menendez could help him get away with $100 million in Medicare fraud.
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