Marco Rubio, Senator for Florida

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.

Rubio has cosponsored 45 bills introduced in the current Congress by Republican legislators who fomented the terrorist attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 by calling for entire states to be disenfranchised in the 2020 presidential election.

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 Jun 17, 2021. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 89% The Club for Growth: 86% American Civil Liberties Union: 9% League of Conservation Voters: 5% Human Rights Campaign: 0% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: F Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

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:

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Rubio sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (36%) Commerce (14%) Health (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Taxation (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Education (6%) Government Operations and Politics (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Rubio voted Yea

S.J.Res. 15: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the ...

Joint Resolution Passed 52/47 on May 11, 2021.

Rubio voted Nay

H.J.Res. 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019

Conference Report Agreed to 83/16 on Feb 14, 2019.

This bill, in its final form, funded the parts of the federal government whose funding was to lapse on February 15, 2019. On December 22, ...

Rubio voted Nay

H.R. 2: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Conference Report Agreed to 87/13 on Dec 11, 2018.

See the Congressional Research Service's 122-page summary of the bill. * * * H.R. 2 amends and extends major programs for income support, food and ...

Rubio voted Nay

H.R. 5515: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

Conference Report Agreed to 87/10 on Aug 1, 2018.

H.R. 5515 authorizes and prioritizes funding for the Department of Defense (DoD) and military activities and construction, and prescribes military personnel strengths for Fiscal Year ...

Rubio voted Yea

H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017

Bill Passed 72/26 on Sep 28, 2016.

The Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5325) is an appropriations ...

Rubio voted Nay

H.R. 636: America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015

Bill Passed 95/3 on Apr 19, 2016.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for fiscal year 2017. The bill was introduced as ...

Rubio voted Nay

H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act

Conference Report Agreed to 83/16 on Dec 3, 2015.

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 ...

Rubio voted Nay

H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act

Bill Passed 65/34 on Jul 30, 2015.

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 ...

Rubio voted Nay

H.R. 26: Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015

Bill Passed 93/4 on Jan 8, 2015.

Rubio voted Yea

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Joint Resolution Passed 78/22 on Sep 18, 2014.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Jun 2021, Rubio missed 315 of 3,204 roll call votes, which is 9.8%. 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	46	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	5	8.6%	92^nd
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%	86^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	8	28.6%	96^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	1	2.0%	61^st
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%	38^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	4	9.3%	97^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	4	5.0%	79^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	12	12.9%	97^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	16	13.0%	94^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	2	3.7%	84^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	6	6.2%	84^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	25	18.5%	99^th
2015 Apr-Jun	85	28	32.9%	97^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%	96^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%	66^th
2017 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	53	12	22.6%	98^th
2017 Oct-Dec	117	1	0.9%	57^th
2018 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	65^th
2018 Apr-Jun	80	4	5.0%	88^th
2018 Jul-Sep	75	4	5.3%	78^th
2018 Oct-Dec	56	12	21.4%	98^th
2019 Jan-Mar	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Apr-Jun	135	6	4.4%	77^th
2019 Jul-Sep	124	11	8.9%	84^th
2019 Oct-Dec	115	1	0.9%	46^th
2020 Jan-Mar	80	2	2.5%	66^th
2020 May-Jun	48	3	6.2%	73^rd
2020 Jul-Sep	71	4	5.6%	79^th
2020 Oct-Dec	90	9	10.0%	83^rd
2021 Jan-Jan	2	0	0.0%	0^th
2021 Jan-Mar	142	2	1.4%	83^rd
2021 Apr-Jun	99	8	8.1%	86^th

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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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