Sen. Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican, announced Friday that he will resign his seat as soon as a replacement can be named by the governor.
Senate 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.
The 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.
Senate Democrats announce the date for Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings. Dana Bash reports.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will announce Tuesday he will forgo another bid for governor and instead run for the Senate, two Republican sources tell CNN.
The Senate on Tuesday continued wrangling over amendments to the $885 billion economic stimulus plan.
CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser has the details on President Obama's stimulus plan.
A 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.
CNN's Kiran Chetry speaks to Sen. John McCain about the stimulus showdown.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate, Republican strategist Alex Castellanos told CNN.
The 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.
Ambitious agenda
updated: Mon Nov 10 2008 12:49:00
Barack Obama's transition team is suggesting it will move fast on a massive agenda. CNN's Jim Acosta has more.
A 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.
The 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.
After almost a week of contentious debate over a broad immigration bill, senators said Thursday they expect the bill to pass.
Banking 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.
The 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.
Fidel 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.
Housing 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.
Republican 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.
Democrat Betty Castor, trailing by about 80,000 votes, conceded the race for the vacant Florida Senate seat on Wednesday morning.
At 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.
A 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.
Conservatives 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!)
Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
Rep. 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.
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