Mel Martinez' decision to give up his U.S. Senate seat came as something of a surprise Tuesday, although there have been signs he wasn't eager to begin another campaign. ...more

December 3, 2008

Republican Sen. Mel Martinez is waiting until January, at least officially, to say whether he's running for a second term. ...more

November 16, 2008

A reader looking for juicy gossip or insider dope about Florida and Washington politics will come away with something quite different from Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez's soon-to-be released first book, "A Sense Of Belonging." ...more

July 28, 2008

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd, a leader of Congress' efforts to help homeowners ensnared in the subprime mortgage meltdown, reportedly got special treatment on his own mortgages from the chief executive officer of Countrywide Financial Corp., a company whose practices he has called "abusive." ...more

June 14, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has eaten beef tacos in East Los Angeles and sat on the living room couch of a working-class family in a largely Hispanic neighborhood here for 30 televised minutes. ...more

January 15, 2008

U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez recently gave President Bush some bad news. Not only was he quitting a Republican Party job that Bush lobbied him hard to take, he planned to help Democrats override Bush's veto of a multibillion dollar water bill with Everglades cleanup money. ...more

November 13, 2007

Members of Congress pushed the Bush administration Friday to accelerate efforts to stem a rising tide of home foreclosures. ...more

November 2, 2007