Marco Rubio, Senator for Florida

Rubio is the junior senator from Florida and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Rubio is next up for reelection in 2022.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 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 liberal–conservative 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. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Americans for Prosperity: 99% The Club for Growth: 83% FreedomWorks: 81% United States Chamber of Commerce: 78% American Civil Liberties Union: 47% NumbersUSA: 30% League of Conservation Voters: 6% Human Rights Campaign: 0% NIAC Action: F The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: F Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Marco Rubio sits on the following committees:

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Chair, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues
- Member, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism
- Member, Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Senate Special Committee on Aging

Enacted Legislation

Rubio was the primary sponsor of 12 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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 about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Rubio sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (46%) Health (11%) Taxation (10%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Science, Technology, Communications (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%)

Recent Bills

Some of Rubio’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Rubio’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 1892: Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018, the SUSTAIN Care Act of 2018; Family First Prevention Services Act.; Honoring Hometown ... Feb 9, 2018. Motion Agreed to 71/28. This bill became the vehicle for passage of funding for the federal government through March 23, 2018, to avert a government shutdown that would have occurred on February 9, 2018 had this bill not been enacted. The bill was introduced as the Honoring Hometown Heroes ...
Yea	H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 Sep 28, 2016. Bill Passed 72/26.
Nay	H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act Dec 3, 2015. Conference Report Agreed to 83/16. H.R 22, formerly the Hire More Heroes Act, has become the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act or DRIVE Act (S. 1647). The DRIVE Act is a major bipartisan transportation bill that would authorize funding ...
Nay	H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act Jul 30, 2015. Bill Passed 65/34. This vote turned H.R 22, originally the Hire More Heroes Act, into the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act or DRIVE Act (S. 1647), a major bipartisan transportation bill, and the Export-Import Bank Reform and ...
Nay	S. 1177: Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 Jul 16, 2015. Bill Passed 81/17. The Every Child Achieves Act is a bipartisan educational policy reform bill that would expand state responsibility over schools, provide grants to charter schools, and reduce the federal test-based accountability system of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The bill was referred to the ...
Yea	H.R. 5771 (113th): Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 Dec 16, 2014. Bill Passed 76/16.
Yea	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 18, 2014. Joint Resolution Passed 78/22.
Nay	On the Nomination PN554: Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of ... Aug 1, 2013. Nomination Confirmed 87/10.
Nay	S.Res. 16 (113th): A resolution amending the Standing Rules of the Senate. Jan 24, 2013. Resolution Agreed to 86/9.
Nay	H.J.Res. 48 (112th): Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 Mar 17, 2011. Joint Resolution Passed 87/13.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Apr 2018, Rubio missed 250 of 2,049 roll call votes, which is 12.2%. This is much worse than the median of 1.4% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	46	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	5	8.6%	91^st
2011 Jul-Sep	49	12	24.5%	98^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	3	3.7%	70^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	3	2.8%	81^st
2012 Jul-Sep	28	8	28.6%	97^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	1	2.0%	57^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	1	1.3%	36^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	4	9.3%	92^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	80	4	5.0%	76^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	12	12.9%	96^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	16	13.0%	93^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	54	2	3.7%	76^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	6	6.3%	84^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	25	18.5%	99^th
2015 Apr-Jun	85	28	32.9%	98^th
2015 Jul-Sep	52	28	53.8%	99^th
2015 Oct-Dec	67	39	58.2%	99^th
2016 Jan-Mar	38	34	89.5%	97^th
2016 Apr-Jun	79	3	3.8%	76^th
2016 Jul-Sep	34	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	101	1	1.0%	64^th
2017 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	53	12	22.6%	97^th
2017 Oct-Dec	117	1	0.9%	52^nd
2018 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	56^th
2018 Apr-Apr	16	1	6.3%	93^rd

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Marco Rubio is pronounced:

MAR-koh // ROO-bee-oh

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AR ar	bar
B b	bat
EE ee	meet
K k	king
M m	man
OH oh	most
OO oo	soon
R r	rag

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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