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Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Rubio.
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Rubio has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Rubio is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Committee Membership
Marco Rubio sits on the following committees:
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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
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Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
- 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 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 1094: Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017
- S. 493: Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability First Act of 2017
- S. 2845 (114th): Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016
- S. 2878 (114th): Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act
- S. 2184 (114th): Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015
- S. 1789 (114th): United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015
- S. 1617 (114th): Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Rubio sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (44%) Taxation (13%) Health (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) Science, Technology, Communications (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Rubio’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 1292: Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2017
- S. 1249: Florida Federal Judicial Relief Act
- S. 1094: Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017
- S. 1118: North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017
- S. 1073: Escambia County Land Conveyance Act
- S. 1041: Florida Shores Protection and Fairness Act
- S. 1051: Taiwan Travel Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Rubio’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Yea |
H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017
Sep 28, 2016. Bill Passed 72/26.
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| Yea |
S. 2943: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Jun 14, 2016. Bill Passed 85/13.
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| 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.
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| Yea |
H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015
Sep 18, 2014. Joint Resolution Passed 78/22.
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| 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.
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| Nay |
S.Res. 16 (113th): A resolution amending the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Jan 24, 2013. Resolution Agreed to 86/9.
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| Nay |
H.J.Res. 48 (112th): Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011
Mar 17, 2011. Joint Resolution Passed 87/13.
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Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Jun 2017, Rubio missed 235 of 1,798 roll call votes, which is 13.1%. 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.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills