Rubio is the senior senator from Florida and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Rubio is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]](/static/legislator-photos/412491-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Rubio.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Rubio is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Rubio has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Aug 11, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Marco Rubio sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Rubio was the primary sponsor of 27 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 979 (116th): FACE Act
- S. 1646 (116th): A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Augustine, Florida, as the “Leo C. Chase Jr. Department of Veterans ...
- S. 2163 (116th): Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act
- S. 3744 (116th): Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020
- S. 3603 (116th): SLITHER Act
- S. 153 (116th): Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act
- S. 1838 (116th): Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019
Does 27 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Rubio sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (34%) Commerce (14%) Health (11%) Taxation (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Government Operations and Politics (7%) Education (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Rubio’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 2678: Protect Our Disabled Heroes Act of 2021
- S. 2682: PEACE Act
- S. 2666: Sanction and Stop Ransomware Act of 2021
- S. 2596: LOAN Act of 2021
- S. 2606: Countering the Chinese Government and Communist Party’s Political Influence Operations Act
- S. 2593: GIFTs in Higher Education Act
- S. 2574: Protecting Students From Racial Hostility Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2021, Rubio missed 323 of 3,322 roll call votes, which is 9.7%. This is much worse than the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
