http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Mel_MartinezFind stories, videos, and photos about Mel Martinez from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:52:50 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/08/07/senator.resignation/tztop.mel.martinez.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Mel_Martinez14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Mel Martinez from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/07/senator.resignation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/07/senator.resignation/index.html#cnnSTCTextSen. Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican, announced Friday that he will resign his seat as soon as a replacement can be named by the governor.Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/10/sotomayor.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/10/sotomayor.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTextSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor Wednesday to blast Democrats for setting a start date on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/09/sotomayor.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/09/sotomayor.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Senate Judiciary Committee will begin Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings for the U.S. Supreme Court on July 13, the committee's chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, said Tuesday.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/11/crist.senate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/11/crist.senate/index.html#cnnSTCTextFlorida Gov. Charlie Crist will announce Tuesday he will forgo another bid for governor and instead run for the Senate, two Republican sources tell CNN.Mon, 11 May 2009 18:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/03/stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/03/stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Senate on Tuesday continued wrangling over amendments to the $885 billion economic stimulus plan.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/02/stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/02/stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTextA group of Republican senators drafted an alternative stimulus measure that narrows government spending to infrastructure programs and helping unemployed Americans, addresses the housing crisis and relies mostly on tax cuts.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/03/jeb.bush/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/03/jeb.bush/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate, Republican strategist Alex Castellanos told CNN.Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/10/obama.agenda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/10/obama.agenda/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe transition team for President-elect Barack Obama has indicated it plans to hit the ground running with what could be big changes for the country.Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/31/iraq.us/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/31/iraq.us/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. military plane with three U.S. senators and a U.S. House member onboard came under rocket fire while leaving Baghdad, Iraq, for Amman, Jordan, Thursday night and had to take evasive maneuvers.Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/15/congress.immigration.bill/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/15/congress.immigration.bill/index.htmlThe morning after Senate leaders had revived his immigration reform bill, which a week ago appeared stalled, President Bush spoke to the Latino group Esperanza -- "hope" in Spanish.Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/24/immigration.bill/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/24/immigration.bill/index.htmlAfter almost a week of contentious debate over a broad immigration bill, senators said Thursday they expect the bill to pass.Thu, 24 May 2007 21:13:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/22/real_estate/Senators_critical_of_mortgage_regulators/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/22/real_estate/Senators_critical_of_mortgage_regulators/index.htmBanking regulators came under fire in the Senate Thursday, with pointed questions on why they didn't do more in advance of the subprime lending crisis.Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/01/lawmakers.castro/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/01/lawmakers.castro/index.htmlThe White House said Tuesday that the administration has no plans to reach out to Raul Castro, who has temporarily replaced his brother, Cuban President Fidel Castro, due to health problems.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/01/cuba.castro/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/01/cuba.castro/index.htmlFidel Castro's health situation is "stable" and he is in "good spirits," according to a message attributed to him and read on Cuban television Tuesday evening.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/10/hud.apology/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/10/hud.apology/index.htmlHousing Secretary Alphonso Jackson apologized Wednesday for telling a business forum in Dallas, Texas, he had spiked a contract bid of a critic of President Bush.Wed, 10 May 2006 23:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/senate.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/senate.main/index.htmlRepublican challenger John Thune beat Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, adding a South Dakota Senate seat to GOP gains in Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and the Carolinas.Wed, 03 Nov 2004 13:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/senate.florida/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/senate.florida/index.htmlDemocrat Betty Castor, trailing by about 80,000 votes, conceded the race for the vacant Florida Senate seat on Wednesday morning.Wed, 03 Nov 2004 08:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/latino.vote/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/latino.vote/index.htmlAt Hale's Health Foods on 67th Ave. in the heavily Latino town of Miami Lakes, conversation doesn't revolve around herbal teas, vitamin supplements or low-fat snacks, it's focused on presidential politics.Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/13/fl.senate.martinez.ap/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/13/fl.senate.martinez.ap/index.htmlA former federal agent who appears in a campaign ad for U.S. Senate candidate Mel Martinez helped plan the raid that took Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives' home four year ago.Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/01/wed/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/01/wed/index.htmlConservatives snatch the stage back from moderates tonight as Republicans hear from Dick Cheney, Zell Miller, Rick Santorum and Michael Reagan, described by one GOP wag as "the real heir to the Reagan name." (Take that, Ron!)Wed, 01 Sep 2004 12:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/22/tue.hot/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/22/tue.hot/index.htmlCheck out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/elec04.s.fl.harris/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/elec04.s.fl.harris/index.htmlRep. Katherine Harris announced on Friday that she would not run for the U.S. Senate in Florida this year, but left no doubt that she expects to run in the future.Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:31:00 EST