Mel Martinez
Republican • 1 Terms • Sworn In 2005
- 10 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 93 of 440) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 49 of 440)
- 94 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 92 of 440) 2 Made Into Law (Ranks 91 of 440)
- Most often votes with:
- Sen. James Risch
- Arlen Specter
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Olympia Snowe
- Sen. Bernard Sanders
- Votes with party 84%
- Abstains: 7%
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Jacksonville Confidential: Corrine Delivers - Hell No!
Corrine Brown just did a mass mailing to all of us Jacksonvillians this week petitioning for a chance to run in the Senatorial race later this year to occupy the seat that former Senator Mel Martinez recently vacated. ...
Crist: Review Shows Florida Stimulus Being Used Wisely | The ...
However, despite the political risk in a closed Republican primary of appearing too close to the stimulus package, U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, Crist's former campaign manager and his appointment to replace former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez ...
Jacksonville-Area Congressmen Have Interesting Foreign Ties ...
Former Senator Mel Martinez (R), who recently resigned before completing his term to join a Washington, DC law firm, met with lobbyists representing the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, ...
Meek Leads Crist In FL-Sen Race Among Voters Who Know Both ...
The support among Democrats and independents that resulted led NRSC chair John Cornyn to actively recruit Crist to run after Sen. Mel Martinez announced his retirement last year. But Meek's poll shows that after a summer where Crist has ...
Newest GOP senator denounces Democratic health reform rush ...
Sen. George LeMieux, the Florida Republican who was just tapped to fill the vacancy left by Mel Martinez, gave the GOP weekly address Saturday, continuing what has become the GOP's weekly theme of attacking the Democratic plan to reform ...
Newest GOP senator denounces Democratic health reform rush ...
Sen. George LeMieux, the Florida Republican who was just tapped to fill the vacancy left by Mel Martinez, gave the GOP weekly address Saturday, continuing what has become the GOP's weekly theme of attacking the Democratic plan to reform ...
A gift from the governor: Bobby Bowden gets support from Florida's ...
Charlie Crist picks ex-chief of staff to replace retiring US Sen. Mel Martinez. August 28th, 2009 Fla. governor taps ex-aide to replace US senatorTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Charlie Crist is giving Florida a preview of what he'd be like as ...
Newest GOP senator not backing health proposals promoted by Senate ...
LeMieux was appointed to fill the seat left vacant by Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) in early September by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R), who is running for Senate in 2010. While Crist has posed as more of a centrist, having supported the ...
Piano stairs - Rolighetsteorin.se - The fun theory (video)
...Two Republican sources said today that even as former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio campaigns for retiring GOP Sen. Mel Martinez's Senate seat, he has been calling around to top Republican donors and activists in the state to discuss the ... Fun W
Fun with Photoshop: Obama's Other Awards
...Two Republican sources said today that even as former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio campaigns for retiring GOP Sen. Mel Martinez's Senate seat, he has been calling around to top Republican donors and activists in the state to discuss the ... Fun W
The American Spectator : Marco's Million-Dollar Mo
Crist has been the overwhelming favorite over conservative former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio in a race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat Mel Martinez recently resigned from. .... I do not know of anyone in my part of the woods
Orlando Sentinel - LeMieux takes to the GOP soapbox by Mark Matthews
The man who replaced former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez is expected on Saturday to discuss “health care proposals pending in Congress and the need for real, bipartisan reform efforts,” according to a release. ...
Dockery Preparing to Launch Her Campaign | The Jacksonville Observer
Bob Martinez, Jeb Bush and for the Mel Martinez campaign in his primary campaign against McCollum in 2004. Dockery seems ready to ratchet-up the rhetoric – apparently in advance of formally announcing her challenge of McCollum, ... “I've been thin
Burkablog: Texas Monthly
Gerson uses the resignation of former U.S. Senator Mel Martinez of Florida in August as his entry point for the piece: (”[T]he departure of the Republican Party's most visible Hispanic leader crackles with political symbolism.”) ...
Postcards from the Revolution: NY TIMES ON US LOBBYISTS HIRED TO ...
... Council and as a deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs under Mr. Bush, had been promoting the Micheletti government's case until two weeks ago as an aide to retired Senator Mel Martinez of Florida. ...
Swing State Project: SSP Daily Digest: 10/8
(Although, with the exception of ex-Sen. Mel Martinez, there's not much of a Cuban political community in the Orlando area.) • HI-01: State Sen. Colleen Hanabusa got a boost today, with an endorsement from EMILY's List. ...
Martinez's Warning to Republicans | Center for Immigration Studies
As someone who lived in Arizona in the 1990s, when a large influx of illegal immigrants were met with a backlash that continues today, I agree with the warning from recently retired GOP Sen. Mel Martinez in today's Washington Post. ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Thomas Frank: In June 2008, I used this space to call on then-Sen. Barack Obama to add economist James K. Galbraith's book, The Predator State, to his reading list. As an account of the capture of government by private interests, I thought it would ma
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up | Bloggers For Change
In June 2008, I used this space to call on then-Sen. Barack Obama to add economist James K. Galbraith's book, "The Predator State," to his reading list. As an account of the capture of government by private interests, I thought it would make
Office of Human Rights Hosts Fair Housing Forum | U.S. States ...
Representatives from Senator Martinez's Office, government and non-profit housing counseling agencies, and lenders will assist homeowners facing foreclosure WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 22, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senator Mel ...
Obama Administration: Menendez Role in Removing Non-tourist Travel
Given the likely opposition from Menendez, Nelson and Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez, it may take some time before Baucus can move his bill to the floor. This week, the Senate resumes consideration of housing legislation, ...
Another View: Why did Sen. Mel Martinez quit? | once, power, mel ...
Opinion: Another View: Why did Sen. Mel Martinez quit? | once, power, mel, exclusive, senator, presidency, members, henry, talking, aphrodisiac.
Minorities vow ad campaign to back health care overhaul | McClatchy
C., Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., Mary Landrieu, D-La., and George LeMieux, R-Fla. Lincoln faces re-election next year and LeMieux is an interim appointment; the 2010 election will fill his seat, which Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., ...
Sink rakes in $1.6 million in 3rd quarter | Post on Politics
Charlie Crist, who is leaving office after one term to run for U.S. Senate. Crist appointed his closest advisor, George LeMieux, to the post after U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez vacated it more than a year before his term expired. ...
African Americans Running for Statewide Office : blackgirlgrown
Florida: South Florida Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D) is running for the open U.S. Senate seat previously held by Republican Senator Mel Martinez. The frontliner in the Democratic primary, Congressman Meek's likely Republican ...
News Dissector Blog » Blog Archive » Unemployment Grows: Be Very ...
... of course, introduced Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) touting senateconservatives.com promoting Mark Rubio, running against Governor Charlie Crist to replace retired Senator Mel Martinez in the U.S. Senate; Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, ...
Florida Politics
"Mel Martinez was a familiar face to the high-powered lobbyists of DLA Piper well before he resigned early from his Senate seat and then, just two weeks later, joined the firm." During his 4 1/2 years in the Senate, the firm's members freque
Thursday Stuff
Consider yourself "called out," Sen. Kyl... ...and yep, Jon Stewart is right again, sadly (and speaking of Ensign, his puddle of doo-doo just got a lot deeper )... The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Democratic Super Majori
H O C K E Y D I N O: Liberty: Beware of the RINO
Sen. Mel Martinez (Florida) Sen. John McCain (Arizona) Sen. Richard Lugar (Indiana) Sen. Robert Bennett (Utah) Sen. Thad Cochran (Mississippi) Top 10 House of Reps Rep. Christopher Shays (Connecticut) Rep. Michael Castle (Delaware) ...
Obama’s work ethic
September 30, 2009 By Ed Lasky / American Thinker Obama and David Plouffe Barack Obama has displayed a disturbing pattern of work ethics: shirking work; claiming success when he was not entitled to do so; hiding his failures; and claimi
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