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 May 25, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Marco Rubio sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Rubio was the primary sponsor of 30 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 108: A bill to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.
- S. 1790: Secure Equipment Act of 2021
- S. 65: Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
- 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
Does 30 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 (33%) Health (14%) Commerce (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Finance and Financial Sector (7%) Education (7%) Taxation (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Rubio recently introduced the following legislation:
- S.Res. 659: A resolution honoring the memory of Aden Spencer Perry.
- S. 4304: A bill to prohibit unfair treatment of cadets and midshipmen who refuse to …
- S. 4277: A bill to require public institutions of higher education to disseminate information on …
- S.Res. 642: A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2022, as “DIPG …
- S. 4226: Urgently Feeding America’s Babies Act of 2022
- S. 4220: Securing the Visa Waiver Program Act
- S.Res. 632: A resolution calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to May 2022, Rubio missed 345 of 3,703 roll call votes, which is 9.3%. This is much worse than the median of 2.2% 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
