 here's a look inside the beltway i'm jeff monasso new jersey democratic senator bob menendez announcing he'll resign in august he was recently convicted of bribery and corruption saying he'll call it quits on august 20th monday the senate ethics committee notified the long-serving democratic senator that they'll be voting to start a review of his alleged violations of senate rules he was convicted of 16 charges including bribery conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right