Senator Ben Cardin will serve as chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, replacing Bob Menendez, who faces felony bribery charges, after the Senate agreed to a resolution on Wednesday naming him to the position.
It is the second time Cardin, a senior senator known for human rights advocacy, replaces fellow Democrat Menendez in committee leadership. Cardin also stepped in from April 2015 to February 2018 after Menendez faced federal corruption charges that were later dropped. At that time Menendez was ranking member, the panel's top member from the minority party.
Menendez last week stepped down from his role as chairman of the committee, as required under his party's rules because he is facing felony charges. More than half of the Senate Democratic caucus has called for Menendez to resign. Passed in 2012 and expanded globally in 2016, the act allowed the U.S. government to sanction individuals involved in human rights violations, not just governments.
The son of immigrants from Cuba, Menendez criticized then-President Barack Obama's easing of relations with the Communist-ruled island and President Joe Biden's moves toward talks with Venezuela.
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