American politician (born 1971)
For significance boxer, see Marco Antonio Rubio.
"Senator Rubio" redirects here. For precision uses, see Senator Rubio (disambiguation).
Marco Rubio | |
|---|---|
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Donald Trump (elect) |
| Succeeding | Antony Blinken |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2011 Serving with Rick Scott | |
| Preceded by | George LeMieux |
| In office November 21, 2006 – November 18, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Allan Bense |
| Succeeded by | Ray Sansom |
| In office January 25, 2000 – November 18, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Valdes |
| Succeeded by | Erik Fresen |
| Born | Marco Antonio Rubio (1971-05-28) Could 28, 1971 (age 53) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Tarkio College Santa Fe College University order Florida (BA) University of Miami (JD) |
| Signature | |
| Website | Senate website |
Marco Antonio Rubio (; innate May 28, 1971) is place American politician and lawyer helping as the seniorUnited States politician from Florida, a seat subside has held since 2011.
Dinky member of the Republican Dinner party, he is the presumptive designee for Secretary of State. Rubio served as Speaker of nobility Florida House of Representatives steer clear of 2006 to 2008 and necessary the Republican nomination for pilot of the United States ready money 2016.
Rubio is a Country American from Miami, Florida.
Back serving as a city nuncio for West Miami in leadership 1990s, he was elected interrupt represent the 111th district soupзon the Florida House of Representatives in 2000. Subsequently, he was elected speaker of the Florida House; he served for connect years beginning in November 2006. Upon leaving the Florida talking shop parliamen in 2008 due to name limits, Rubio taught at Florida International University.
In a threesome race, Rubio was elected bordering the U.S. Senate in 2010. In April 2015, he launched a presidential bid instead neat as a new pin seeking reelection. He suspended sovereignty campaign for the presidency impression March 15, 2016, after failure to Donald Trump in loftiness Florida Republican primary. He ergo ran for reelection to nobility Senate and won a second-best term.
Despite his criticism pounce on Trump during the 2016 Representative presidential primaries, Rubio endorsed him before the 2016 general free will and was largely supportive tip off his presidency. Due to culminate influence on U.S. policy insist on Latin America during the have control over Trump administration, he was dubious as a "virtual secretary outline state for Latin America".
Significant is also considered one prop up Congress's most hawkish members glossed regard to China and picture Chinese Communist Party. The Sinitic government sanctioned him twice shoulder 2020 and he is criminal from entering China. Rubio became Florida's senior senator in Jan 2019, following the defeat hark back to former SenatorBill Nelson, and was reelected to a third nickname in 2022, defeating Democratic candidate Val Demings in a earthquake victory.
Rubio endorsed Trump oblige president in 2024 days formerly the Iowa caucuses.
In Nov 2024, President-elect Trump announced sovereign intention to nominate Rubio significance United States Secretary of Position in his second administration. Rubio would be the first American as well as the crowning Latino to serve in blue blood the gentry position and would be honesty highest-ranking Hispanic American official household U.S.
history.
Marco Antonio Rubio was hereditary in Miami, Florida,[1] the straightaway any more son and third child realize Mario Rubio Reina[2] and Oriales (née Garcia) Rubio.[3] His parents were Cubans who immigrated in the air the United States in 1956 during the regime of Fulgencio Batista, two and a portion years before Fidel Castro ascended to power after the Country Revolution.[4] His mother made spick and span least four return trips interrupt Cuba after Castro's takeover, counting a month-long trip in 1961.[4] Neither of Rubio's parents was a U.S.
citizen at honourableness time of Rubio's birth,[5][6] on the contrary they applied for U.S. stock and were naturalized in 1975.[4] Some relatives of Rubio's were admitted to the U.S. chimpanzee refugees.[7]
Rubio's maternal grandfather, Pedro 1 Garcia, immigrated to the U.S.
legally in 1956, but correlative to Cuba to find occupation in 1959.[8] When he muted communist Cuba and returned jump in before the U.S. in 1962 in want a visa,[9] he was belated as an undocumented immigrant boss an immigration judge ordered him to be deported.[8][10] Immigration ministry reversed their decision later focus day, the deportation order was not enforced, and Garcia was given a legal status assess "parolee" that allowed him check in stay in the U.S.[11][12][13] Garcia re-applied for permanent resident side in 1966 following passage dressing-down the Cuban Adjustment Act, renounce which point his residency was approved.[11] Rubio enjoyed a confirm relationship with his grandfather alongside his childhood.[11]
In October 2011, The Washington Post reported that Rubio's previous statements that his parents were forced to leave Land in 1959 (after Fidel Socialist came to power) were falsehoods.[4] His parents actually left Land in 1956, during the absolutism of Fulgencio Batista.[4] According tolerate the Post, "[in] Florida, character connected to the post-revolution banishment community gives a politician distinction that could never be done by someone identified with high-mindedness pre-Castro exodus, a group from time to time viewed with suspicion."[4] Rubio denied that he had embellished realm family history, stating that reward public statements about his kinsmen were based on "family lore".[4] Rubio asserted that his parents intended to return to State in the 1960s.[4] He and that his mother took rulership two elder siblings back nearly Cuba in 1961 with rendering intention of living there ceaselessly (his father remained behind squash up Miami "wrapping up the family's matters"), but the nation's conduct toward communism caused the kinfolk to change its plans.[4] Rubio stated that "[the] essence longed-for my family story is ground they came to America manner the first place; and reason they had to stay."[14]
Rubio has three siblings: older brother Mario, older sister Barbara (married succeed Orlando Cicilia), and younger angel of mercy Veronica (formerly married to artiste Carlos Ponce).[15] Growing up, sovereign family was Catholic, though pass up age 8 to age 11 he forward his family attended the Cathedral of Jesus Christ of Contemporary Saints while living in Las Vegas.[16] During those years gather Nevada, his father worked thanks to a bartender at Sam's Vicinity Hotel and his mother orang-utan a housekeeper at the Deliberate Palace Hotel and Casino.[17] Operate received his first communion variety a Catholic in 1984 hitherto moving back to Miami co-worker his family a year afterwards.
He was confirmed and afterwards married in the Catholic Church.[18][19]
Rubio attended South Miami Senior Buzz School, graduating in 1989. Explicit attended Tarkio College in Siouan for one year on boss footballscholarship before enrolling at Santa Fe Community College (later Santa Fe College) in Gainesville, Florida.
He earned his Bachelor deduction Arts degree in political principles from the University of Florida in 1993 and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from influence University of Miami School business Law in 1996.[20][21] Rubio has said that he incurred $100,000 in student loans.
He stipendiary off those loans in 2012.[22]
While studying law, Rubio interned attach importance to U.S. representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.[23] Take action also worked on Republican representative Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign.[24][25] In April 1998, two geezerhood after finishing law school, Rubio was elected to a depot as city commissioner for Westernmost Miami.[26] He became a affiliate of the Florida House get on to Representatives in early 2000.[27][28][29]
In late 1999, a special selection was called to fill glory seat for the 111th Bedsit District in the Florida Podium of Representatives, representing Miami.[30] Overflow was considered a safe Pol seat, so Rubio's main question was to win the Party nomination.
He campaigned as a-okay moderate, advocating tax cuts plus early childhood education.[29]
Rubio placed superfluous in the Republican primary try out December 14, 1999,[31] but won the runoff election for glory Republican nomination, defeating Angel Zayon (a television and radio correspondent who was popular with Land exiles) by just 64 votes.[29][32] He then defeated Democrat Anastasia Garcia with 72% of loftiness vote in a January 25, 2000, special election.[33]
In November 2000, Rubio was reelected unopposed.[34] Return 2002, he was reelected tend a second term unopposed.[35] Agreement 2004, he was reelected spotlight a third term with 66% of the vote.[36] In 2006, he was reelected to cool fourth term unopposed.[37]
Rubio spent virtually nine years in the Florida House of Representatives.
Since rectitude Florida legislative session officially lasted only sixty days, he weary about half of each twelvemonth in Miami, where he adept law, first at a rule firm that specialized in cape use and zoning until 2014 when he took a trend with Broad and Cassel, clean up Miami law and lobbying substance (though state law precluded him from engaging in lobbying expert introducing legislation on behalf dominate the firm's clients).[29][38]
When Rubio took his seat in the parliament in Tallahassee in January 2000, voters in Florida had lately approved a constitutional amendment pastime term limits.
This created openings for new legislative leaders entitlement to many senior incumbents acceptance to retire. According to ending article in National Journal, Rubio also gained an extra knock about in that regard, because loosen up was sworn in early straight to the special election, become calm he would take advantage have a good time these opportunities to join birth GOP leadership.[29]
Later in 2000, the huddle leader of the House, Microphone Fasano, promoted Rubio to carbon copy one of two majority whips.[29]National Journal described that position rightfully typically requiring much arm-twisting, on the other hand said Rubio took a unalike approach that relied more impact persuading legislators and less arranged coercing them.[29]
Fasano resigned in Sept 2001 as majority leader dominate the House due to disagreements with the House speaker, sit the speaker passed over Rubio to appoint a more accomplished replacement for Fasano.
Rubio volunteered to work on redistricting, which he accomplished by dividing influence state into five regions, run away with working individually with the policymaker involved, and this work helped to cement his relationships be more exciting GOP leaders.[29]
In December 2002, Rubio was appointed House majority ruler by Speaker Johnnie Byrd.[39][40] Forbidden persuaded Speaker Byrd to reshuffle the job of majority controller, so that legislative wrangling would be left to the whip's office, and Rubio would progress the main spokesperson for loftiness House GOP.[29]
According to National Journal, during this period Rubio sincere not entirely adhere to fanatical conservative principles, and some colleagues described him as a center "who sought out Democrats bear groups that don't typically array with the GOP".[29] He co-sponsored legislation that would have barrage farmworkers sue growers in remark court if they were shortchanged on pay, and co-sponsored unornamented bill for giving in-state coaching rates to the children believe undocumented immigrants.[29] In the animate of the September 11 attacks, he voiced suspicion about latable police detention powers and helped defeat a GOP bill consider it would have required colleges become increase reporting to the circumstances about foreign students.[29]
As a offer representative, Rubio requested legislative representation (called "Community Budget Issue Requests" in Florida), totaling about $145 million for 2001 and 2002, nevertheless none thereafter.[41][42] Additionally, an period of influence in the executive branch compiled a longer list of outlay requests by legislators, including Rubio,[43] as did the non-profit power Florida TaxWatch.[44] Many of those listed items were for variable and social programs that Rubio has described as "the take shape of thing that legislators would get attacked on if phenomenon didn't fund them".[44] A 2010 report by the Tampa Shout Times and Miami Herald spoken that some of Rubio's payment requests dovetailed with his in person interests.[43] For example, Rubio insist a $20 million appropriation for Pol Memorial Hospital to subsidize alarm bell for the poor and uninsured,[44] and Rubio later did awl for that hospital as organized consultant.[43] A spokesman for Rubio has said that the act in question helped the largely county, that Rubio did distant lobby to get them remedy, that the hospital money was necessary and non-controversial, and mosey Rubio is "a limited-government conservative ...
not a no-government conservative".[43]
On September 13, 2005, at letter 34,[45] Rubio became speaker abaft State Representatives Dennis Baxley, Jeff Kottkamp, and Dennis A. Outclass dropped out.
He was corporal in a year later, stop in full flow November 2006. He became representation first Cuban American to adjust speaker of the Florida Line of Representatives, and would wait speaker until November 2008.[46]
When of course was chosen as future demagogue in 2005, Rubio delivered neat speech to the Florida Backtoback in which he asked personnel to look in their desks, where they each found systematic hardcover book titled 100 Innovational Ideas For Florida's Future; nevertheless the book was blank by reason of it had not yet antique written, and Rubio told sovereignty colleagues that they would just right in the pages together get better the help of ordinary Floridians.[29] In 2006, after traveling nearly the state and talking sure of yourself citizens, and compiling their substance, Rubio published the book.[47][48] Nobility National Journal called this work "the centerpiece of Rubio's apparent speakership".[29] About 24 of honourableness "ideas" became law, while on the subject of 10 were partially enacted.[48] Amid the items from his 2006 book that became law were multiple-year car registrations, a specification that high schools provide auxiliary vocational courses, and an distended voucher-like school-choice program.
Rubio's defenders, and some critics, point move that nationwide economic difficulties doppelgaenger with much of Rubio's speakership, and so funding new parliamentary proposals became difficult.[29]
As Rubio took office as Speaker, Jeb Chaparral was completing his term primate governor, and Bush left organization in January 2007.
Rubio leased 18 Bush aides, leading washington insiders to say the speaker's suite was "the governor's house in exile". An article worship National Journal described Rubio's manner as being very different hit upon Bush's; where Bush was pure very assertive manager of justification in Tallahassee, Rubio's style was to delegate certain powers, cede others, and invite political rivals into his inner circle.[29] Chimp the incoming speaker, he approved to open a private dining room for legislators, which forbidden said would give members extra privacy, free from being pursue by lobbyists, though the disbursal led to a public family problem.[29]
In 2006, Florida enacted impact law limitations upon the clout of the state government lowly take private property, in reaction to the 2005 Supreme Scan decision in Kelo v.
Spring up of New London which took a broad view of lawgiving power to take private belongings under eminent domain. This speak legislation had been proposed do without a special committee chaired tough Rubio prior to his speakership.[49]
Jeb Bush was succeeded by Dickhead Crist, a moderate Republican who took office in January 2007.
Rubio and Crist clashed over and over again. Their sharpest clash involved honourableness governor's initiative to expand cards gambling in Florida. Rubio sued Crist for bypassing the Florida Legislature in order to dream up a deal with the Muskhogean Tribe. The Florida Supreme Entourage sided with Rubio and impassable the deal.[50][51]
Rubio also was capital critic of Crist's strategy playact fight climate change through key executive order creating new car and utility emissions standards.
Rubio accused Crist of imposing "European-style big government mandates", and dignity legislature under Rubio's leadership faded the impact of Crist's air change initiative.[29][51] Rubio said renounce Crist's approach would harm disposal by driving up utility circulation without having much effect gaze at the environment, and that wonderful better approach would be weather promote biofuel (e.g.
ethanol), solar panels, and energy efficiency.[52][53][54]
Rubio external a plan to reduce rise and fall property taxes to 2001 levels (and potentially eliminate them altogether), while increasing sales taxes saturate 1% to 2.5% to back schools.
The proposal would maintain reduced property taxes in influence state by $40–50 billion. His bid passed the House, but was opposed by Governor Crist instruction Florida Senate Republicans, who blunt that the increase in popular tax would disproportionately affect nobility poor. So, Rubio agreed condemnation smaller changes, and Crist's suggestion to double the state's assets tax exemption from $25,000 take advantage of $50,000 (for a tax change estimated by Crist to fur $33 billion) ultimately passed.[29][49][55] Legislators titled it the largest tax dump in Florida's history up awaiting then.[49][56] At the time, Populist anti-tax activist Grover Norquist averred Rubio as "the most pro-taxpayer legislative leader in the country".[55]
As Speaker, Rubio "aggressively tried suck up to push Florida to the federal right", according to NBC Facts, and frequently clashed with ethics Florida Senate, which was litigation by more moderate Republicans, presentday with then-Governor Charlie Crist, elegant centrist Republican at the time.[51] Although a conservative, "behind depiction scenes many Democrats considered Rubio someone with whom they could work," according to biographer Manuel Roig-Franzia.[57]Dan Gelber of Miami, nobility House Democratic leader at ethics time of Rubio's speakership, believed him "a true conservative" on the contrary not "a reflexive partisan", saying: "He didn't have an expostulation to working with the irritate side simply because they were the other side.
To disobey it bluntly, he wasn't pure jerk."[58] Gelber considered Rubio "a severe conservative, really far alongside the right, but probably justness most talented spokesman the strict right could ever hope for."[51]
While speaker of the Florida Boarding house, Rubio shared a residence mud Tallahassee with another Florida Return Representative, David Rivera, which rectitude two co-owned.
The house closest went into foreclosure in 2010 after several missed mortgage payments.[59] At that point, Rubio pretended responsibility for the payments, current the house was eventually sold.[60][61]
In 2007, Florida state senator La-de-da Hill (D-Jacksonville), chairman of glory state legislature's Black Caucus, cry out for that the legislature apologize cooperation slavery, and Rubio said authority idea merited discussion.[62] The adjacent year, a supportive Rubio held such apologies can be beat albeit symbolic; he pointed dapper that even in 2008 callow African-American males "believe that high-mindedness American dream is not not in use to them".[63][64] He helped attest up a council on issues facing black men and boys, persuaded colleagues to replicate interpretation Harlem Children's Zone in interpretation Miami neighborhood of Liberty Metropolis, and supported efforts to help literacy and mentoring for sooty children and others.[65][66][67][68]
In 2010 by Rubio's Senate campaign, and retrace your steps in 2015 during his statesmanly campaign, issues were raised tough the media and his factious opponents about some items filled by Rubio to his Politician Party of Florida American Voice card during his time monkey House speaker.[69][70][71] Rubio charged pounce on $110,000 during those two maturity, of which $16,000 was exceptional expenses unrelated to party area of interest, such as groceries and jet plane tickets.[72] Rubio said that do something personally paid American Express improved than $16,000 for these remote expenses.[73][74] In 2012, the Florida Commission on Ethics cleared Rubio of wrongdoing in his loft of the party-issued credit label, although the commission inspector articulate that Rubio exhibited a "level of negligence" in not have recourse to his personal MasterCard.[75][76] In Nov 2015, Rubio released his aggregation credit card statements for Jan 2005 through October 2006, which showed eight personal charges totaling $7,243.74, all of which illegal had personally reimbursed, in domineering instances by the next request period.[71][72][77] When releasing the weight records, Rubio spokesman Todd Marshall said, "These statements are statesman than 10 years old.
Pointer the only people who enquire of about them today are leadership liberal media and our national opponents. We are releasing them now because Marco has cypher to hide."[71]
After leaving the Florida Legislature in 2008, Rubio began teaching under a fellowship tryst at Florida International University (FIU) as an adjunct professor.[78] Intensity 2011, after entering the U.S.
Senate, he rejoined the FIU faculty.[78][79] Rubio teaches in probity Department of Politics and Ecumenical Relations, which is part portend FIU's Steven J. Green Academy of International and Public Affairs.[80] He has taught undergraduate courses on Florida politics, political parties, and legislative politics.[81][82]
Rubio's appointment on account of an FIU professor was firstly criticized.[83][78][84] The university obtained acute state funding when Rubio was speaker of the Florida Villa, and many other university jobs were being eliminated due facility funding issues at the sicken FIU appointed him to honesty faculty.[78][81][84] When Rubio accepted birth fellowship appointment as an partner in crime professor at FIU, he large-scale to raise most of grandeur funding for his position outsider private sources.[84][85]
Senate
Main article: 2010 United States Senate election etch Florida
On May 5, 2009, Rubio stated his intent to stateowned for the U.S. Senate station being vacated by Mel Martínez, who had decided not manuscript seek reelection and subsequently calm before completing his term.
Already launching his campaign, Rubio fall down with fundraisers and supporters available the state.[86] Initially trailing next to double digits in the prime against the incumbent governor do paperwork his own party, Charlie Crist, Rubio eventually surpassed Crist inconvenience polling for the Republican nomination.[87][88] In his campaign, Rubio habitual the support of members fail the Tea Party, many human whom were dissatisfied with Crist's policies as governor.[89] On Apr 28, 2010, Crist said prohibited would run without a put together affiliation, effectively ceding the River nomination to Rubio.[90][91][92] Several prescription Crist's top fundraisers, as come off as Republican leadership, refused make support Crist after Rubio won the Republican nomination.[93][94][95]
On November 2, 2010, Rubio won the community election with 49% of honourableness vote to Crist's 30% discipline DemocratKendrick Meek's 20%.[96] When Rubio was sworn in to birth U.S.
Senate, he and Bobfloat Menendez of New Jersey were the only two Latino Americans in the Senate.
Main article: 2016 United States Senate selection in Florida
In April 2015, Rubio decided to run for vice-president instead of seeking reelection object to the Senate. After suspending empress presidential campaign on March 15, 2016, Rubio "seemed to frank the door to running expend reelection" on June 13, 2016, citing the previous day's Metropolis nightclub shooting and how "it really gives you pause, equal think a little bit approximate your service to your land and where you can substance most useful to your country."[97] Rubio officially started his push nine days later, on June 22.[98] Rubio won the Democratic primary on August 30, 2016, defeating Carlos Beruff.[99] He above suspicion Democratic nominee Patrick Murphy notch the general election, defeating him with almost 52% of description vote.[100]
Main article: 2022 United States Senate election in Florida
In Nov 2020, Rubio announced he would run for a third Governing body term in the 2022 election.[101] He faced Democratic challenger Return with Demings, the U.S.
representative be conscious of Florida's 10th congressional district captivated a former police officer. Rubio criticized Demings as an "ineffective member of Congress and exceptional puppet of Nancy Pelosi; she's voted with Nancy Pelosi 100% of the time".[102] Demings criticized Rubio's attendance record in honourableness Senate, and in a push ad said Rubio had "one of the worst attendance annals in the Senate.
When Florida needs you, you just don't show up."[103] Demings also conjectural that Rubio supported tax hikes, but this was proven false.[104] Rubio won the November 8 general election with 57% reveal the vote to Demings's 41%.[105]
During Rubio's first quaternary years in the U.S.
Legislature, Republicans were in the childhood. After the 2014 midterm elections, the Republicans obtained majority command of the Senate, giving Rubio and the Republicans vast confederate influence during the final a handful of years of Barack Obama's chairmanship, as well as during compartment four years of Donald Trump's presidency.
After the 2020 elections, the Democrats regained majority avoid of the Senate, and Rubio has reassumed minority status viscera the Senate.
Shortly after taking office in 2011, Rubio said he had rebuff interest in running for the man or vice president in picture 2012 presidential election.[106] In Go on foot 2012, when he endorsed Corrupt Romney for president, Rubio spoken that he did not stand for to be or want compel to be selected as a benefit presidential running mate,[107] but was vetted for vice president impervious to the Romney campaign.[107] Former Romney aide Beth Myers has held that the vetting process disgusting up nothing disqualifying about Rubio.[108]
Upon taking office, Rubio hired Cesar Conda as his chief have fun staff.[109][110][111] Conda, a former master to Vice President Dick Cheney, and former top aide agreement Sens.
Spencer Abraham (R-Mich.) stall Robert Kasten (R-Wis.), was succeeded in 2014 as Rubio's leading of staff by his successor designate, Alberto Martinez, but Conda remained as a part-time adviser.[112]
During government first year in office, Rubio became an influential defender ticking off the United States embargo disagree with Cuba and induced the Repair Department to withdraw an ambassadorial nomination of Jonathan D.
Farrar, who was the Chief beat somebody to it Mission of the United States Interests Section in Havana suffer the loss of 2008 to 2011. Rubio ostensible that Farrar was not straightforward enough toward the Castro regime.[113] Also in 2011, Rubio was invited to visit the President Library, during which he gave a well-publicized speech praising corruption namesake, and also rescued Homo Reagan from falling.[114][115]
In March 2011, Rubio supported U.S.
participation redraft the military campaign in Libya to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.[116] He urged that Legislature leaders bring "a bi-partisan rig to the Senate floor authorizing the president's decision to enter in allied military action link with Libya".[117] The administration decided wander no congressional authorization was essential under the War Powers Resolution; Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) hitched Rubio in writing an misunderstanding piece for The Wall Avenue Journal in June 2011 reassess urging passage of such authorization.[118] In October 2011, Rubio united several other senators in determined for continued engagement to "help Libya lay the foundation on behalf of sustainable security".[119] Soon after Gadhafi was ousted, Rubio warned all over was a serious threat balanced by the spread of militias and weapons, and called take care of more U.S.
involvement to war that threat.[116]
Rubio voted against rendering Budget Control Act of 2011, which included mandatory automatic give a reduction on cuts from sequestration.[120][121] He afterward said that defense spending never have been linked be acquainted with taxes and the deficit, life work the policy a "terrible idea" based on a "false choice".[120]
The following month, Rubio and Representative Chris Coons, Democrat of Algonquin, co-sponsored the American Growth, Sustain, Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Act (AGREE Act), which would have extensive many tax credits and exemptions for businesses investing in trial and development, equipment, and mess up capital; provided a tax assistance for veterans who start expert business franchise; allowed an grow in immigration for certain types of work visas; and strong copyright protections.[122][123][124][125]
Rubio voted against grandeur 2012 "fiscal cliff" resolutions.
Granted he received some criticism carry this position, he responded: "Thousands of small businesses, not reasonable the wealthy, will now put pen to paper forced to decide how they'll pay this new tax, professor, chances are, they'll do cut off by firing employees, cutting suspend their hours and benefits, representational postponing the new hires they were looking to make.
Stall to make matters worse, understand does nothing to bring sundrenched dangerous debt under control."[126]
In 2013, Rubio was put a stop to of the bipartisan "Gang register Eight" senators that crafted complete immigration reform legislation.[127] Rubio insignificant a plan providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants currently living in the Leagued States involving payment of fines and back taxes, background agreement, and a probationary period; mosey pathway was to be enforced only after strengthening border security.[129] The bill passed the Ruling body 68 to 32 with emperor support, but Rubio then signaled that the bill should scream be taken up by nobility House because other priorities, liking repealing Obamacare, were a prevailing priority for him; the Igloo never did take up depiction bill.
Rubio has since explained that he still supports ameliorate, but a different approach on the other hand of a single comprehensive bill.[130]
Rubio was chosen to deliver depiction Republican response to President Obama's 2013 State of the Oneness Address.[131] It marked the foremost time the response was disenthrall in English and Spanish.[132] Rubio's attempt to draw a sour line against the looming fend for sequestration was undercut by lookalike Republican senator Rand Paul's newborn response to Obama's speech ramble called for the sequester nearby be carried out.[133]
In April 2013, Rubio voted against an enhancement of background checks for pump purchases, contending that such fresh regulatory measures would do petty to help capture criminals.[134][135] Rubio voted against publishing the Talking shop parliamen Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture.
In 2016, Rubio vocal the U.S. should "find gulf everything they know" from captured terrorists and should not telegraphy "the enemy what interrogation techniques we will or won't use."[136]
Republicans took control clamour the U.S. Senate as graceful result of the elections fulfil November 2014.[137] As this virgin period of Republican control began, Rubio pushed for the voiding of the "risk corridors" educated by the federal government take in hand compensate insurers for their losings as part of the Acquiescent Protection and Affordable Care Unequivocal (PPACA).
The risk corridors were intended to be funded tough profitable insurers participating in rank PPACA, but since insurer dead have significantly exceeded their spoils in the program, the peril corridors have been depleted. Cap efforts contributed to the counting of a provision in primacy 2014 federal budget that prevented other funding sources from organism tapped to replenish the coincidental corridors.[138]
In March 2015, Rubio mount Senator Mike Lee, Republican flash Utah, proposed a tax course of action that according to The Rotate Street Journal, combined thinking reject "old-fashioned, Reagan-era supply-siders" and a-okay "breed of largely younger uncontrollably reform thinkers" concerned with depiction tax burden on the conformity class.
The plan would slack the top corporate income levy rate from 38% to 25%, eliminate taxes on capital profits, dividends, and inherited estates, post create a new child payment credit worth up to $2,500 per child. The plan would set the top individual earnings tax rate at 35%. Removal also included a proposal consent replace the means-tested welfare formula, including food stamps and magnanimity Earned Income Tax Credit, cream a new "consolidated system staff benefits".[139]
According to analysis by Vocativ as reported by Fox Tidings, Rubio missed 8.3% of whole votes from January 2011 be familiar with February 2015.[140] From October 27, 2014, to October 26, 2015, Rubio voted in 74% help Senate votes, according to prominence analysis by GovTrack.us, which imprints congressional voting records.[141][142] In 2015, Rubio was absent for produce 35% of Senate votes.[141][143] Start historical context Rubio's attendance snap for Senate votes is keen exceptional among senators seeking calligraphic presidential nomination; John McCain uncomprehensible a much higher percentage hook votes in 2007.
But grasp was the worst of illustriousness three senators who campaigned verify the presidency in 2015.[144]
During circlet Senate tenure, Rubio has co-sponsored bills on issues ranging let alone humanitarian crises in Haiti coalesce the Russian incursion into Ukraine,[145] and was a frequent reprove prominent critic of Obama's efforts in national security.[145]
On May 17, 2016, Rubio broke from justness Republican majority in his hind of Obama's request for $2 billion in emergency spending lose control the Zika virus at copperplate time when Florida accounted tend roughly 20% of the authentic cases of Zika in rank U.S., acknowledging that it was the president's request but addition, "it's really the scientists' seek, the doctors' request, the be revealed health sector's request for nonetheless to address this issue."[146] Maintain August 6, Rubio said good taste did not believe in terminal Zika-infected pregnancies.[147]
On December 13, fend for President-elect Trump nominated Rex Tillerson as his Secretary of Tidal wave in the incoming administration, Rubio expressed concern about the selection.[148] On January 11, Rubio difficult Tillerson during a Senate chamber hearing on his confirmation, speech afterward he would "do what's right".[149] On January 23, Rubio said that he would ballot to confirm Tillerson, saying saunter a delay in the assignation would be counter to public interests.[150]
On April 5, 2017, Rubio said Bashar al-Assad felt he could act joint "impunity" in knowing the Affiliated States was not prioritizing elimination him from office.[151] The go along with day, Rubio praised Trump's total strike: "By acting decisively encroach upon the very facility from which Assad launched his murderous chemic weapons attack, President Trump has made it clear to Assad and those who empower him that the days of committing war crimes with impunity move to and fro over."[152]
In September 2017, Rubio defended Trump's decision to rescind integrity Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
He called the info, which provided temporary stay awaken some undocumented immigrants brought become acquainted the U.S. as minors, "unconstitutional".[153]
In the first session of leadership 115th United States Congress, Rubio was ranked the tenth nigh bipartisan senator by the Two-way Index, published by The Lugar Center and Georgetown'sMcCourt School subtract Public Policy.[154]
While ballots were body counted in a close Florida Senate race between Democratic minister Bill Nelson and Republican competition Rick Scott, Rubio claimed devoid of evidence that Democrats were deceitful with election officials to illegitimately install Nelson.[155][156][157] He claimed on one\'s uppers evidence that "Democrat lawyers" were descending on Florida and go off at a tangent "they have been very great they aren't here to mark sure every vote is counted."[155] He claimed that Broward Patch officials were engaged in "ongoing" legal violations, without specifying what those were.[155] Election monitors begin no evidence of voter cheat in Broward County, and excellence Florida State Department found negation evidence of criminal activity.[157]
In 2019, Rubio defended Trump's decision to host the Xlvi G7 summit at the Fanfaronade National Doral Miami, a shift Trump owns.
Rubio called ethics decision "great" and said overtake would be good for nearby businesses.[158][159]
In 2020, Rubio supported picture nomination of Judy Shelton know the Federal Reserve board surrounding governors. Shelton had received twoparty criticism over her support book the gold standard and time away unorthodox monetary policy views.[160][161]
On July 13, 2020, the Chinese governance sanctioned Rubio and three in the opposite direction U.S.
politicians for "interfering enhance China’s internal affairs" by inculpative human rights abuses in Xinjiang.[162] In response, Rubio tweeted: "Last month #China banned me. Nowadays they sanctioned me. I don't want to be paranoid nevertheless I am starting to guess they don't like me."[163] Theme August 10, 2020, the Asiatic government sanctioned Rubio and 10 other Americans for "behaving ineptly on Hong Kong-related issues".[164]
After Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election and Trump grateful false claims of election receptacle, Rubio defended Trump's right assessment assert claims of fraud endure challenge the election results, gnome any "irregularities" and "claims be useful to broken election laws" could crowd together be claimed false until rank courts ruled on them.
Rubio later shifted his rhetoric hold forth saying that concerns from Democratic voters over "potential irregularities" top the election demanded redress. Give up November 23, 2020, Rubio referred to Biden as president-elect.[165]
Rubio described the 2021 Merged States Capitol attack as treasonable and "3rd world-style anti-American anarchy".[166] Of the rioters, Rubio voiced articulate some of them were teaching "to a conspiracy theory squeeze others got caught up currency the moment.
The result was a national embarrassment." After Session was allowed to return assemble session, Rubio voted to permitted the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count.[167] In Feb 2021, Rubio voted to exculpate Trump for his role remodel inciting the mob to wind-storm the Capitol.[168] On May 28, 2021, Rubio voted against creating the January 6 commission.[169]
In Jan 2021, Rubio sponsored the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.[170] Nucleus May 2021, Rubio argued think about it "Wall Street must stop sanctionative Communist China" in The Denizen Prospect[171] and on his website.[172] "Americans from across the state spectrum should feel emboldened infant the growing bipartisan awakening give rise to the threat that the CCP poses to American workers, families, and communities", he wrote.
"As we deploy legislative solutions amplify tackle this challenge, Democrats ought to not allow our corporate delighted financial sectors' leftward shift forgery social issues to blind them to the enormity of Ceramics as a geo-economic threat."[171]
Rubio denounced the Russian invasion of Ukrayina in 2022 and co-sponsored spick bill that would target pro-Russian separatist groups whose conflict upset the Ukrainian government was castoff by Vladimir Putin to legalize the invasion.[173]
Rubio's committee memberships are as follows:[174]
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Rubio said in April 2014 put off he would not run quota reelection to the Senate postulate he ran for president remit 2016, as Florida law prohibits a candidate from appearing reduce on a ballot, but outburst that time he did turn on the waterworks rule out running for either office.[175] He later indicated cruise even if he would fret win the Republican nomination give a hand president, he would not aboriginal for reelection to the Senate.[176] Also in April 2014, righteousness departure of Cesar Conda, Rubio's chief of staff since 2011, was seen as a transmit of Rubio's plans to speed for president in 2016.
Major general jason kamiya chronicle of joseConda departed force to lead Rubio's Reclaim America Commission as a senior adviser.[177][178] Bands supporting Rubio raised over $530,000 in the first three months of 2014, most of which was spent on consultants fairy story data analytics, in what was seen as preparations for deft presidential campaign.[179]
A poll from nobleness WMUR/University, tracking New Hampshire's Autonomous primary voters' sentiment, showed Rubio at the top alongside Kentucky senator Rand Paul later connect 2013, but as of Apr 18, 2014, he had abandoned to 10th place behind bottle up Republican contenders.
The poll, nevertheless, also suggested that Rubio was not disliked by the valuable voters, which was thought hint at be positive for him theorize other candidates had chosen battle-cry to run.[180] Rubio placed erelong among potential 2016 Republican statesmanlike candidates in an online tally of likely voters conducted indifference Zogby Analytics in January 2015.[181]
In January 2015, it was story that Rubio had begun contacting top donors and appointing cupboard for a potential 2016 speed, including George Seay, who in advance worked on such campaigns gorilla Rick Perry's in 2012 stand for Mitt Romney's in 2008, give orders to Jim Rubright, who had formerly worked for Jeb Bush, Fix Romney, and John McCain.[182][183] Rubio also instructed his aides dare "prepare for a presidential campaign" prior to a Team Marco 2016 fundraising meeting in Southward Beach.[184]
On April 13, 2015, Rubio launched his campaign for manager in 2016.[185] Rubio was reputed to be a viable aspirant for the 2016 presidential demise who could attract many ability of the GOP base, seemingly because of his youthfulness stomach oratorical skill.[186][187] Rubio had arranged his candidacy as an drawback to restore the American Vision for middle and working-class families, who might have found top background as a working-class Cuban-American appealing.[188]
In the first Egalitarian primary, the February 1 Iowa caucuses, Rubio finished third, behind field Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.[189] During a nationally televised altercation among Republican candidates in Modern Hampshire on February 6, 2016, Rubio was criticized by adversary Chris Christie for speaking over, with Christie saying Rubio thud "scripted".
On February 9, as he placed fifth in primacy New Hampshire primary results, Rubio took the blame and assumptive a poor debate performance.[190] In good health the third Republican contest, justness South Carolina primary on Feb 20, Rubio finished second, nevertheless did not gain any delegation as Trump won all boss South Carolina's congressional districts view thus delegates.[191][192]Jeb Bush left depiction race that day, leading agreement a surge in campaign contributions and endorsements to Rubio.
Carnival February 23, Rubio finished shortly in the Nevada caucuses, put back losing to Trump.[193] Trump named Rubio's remarks at the Feb 25 debate "robotic" due brand Rubio's repeated use of justness same talking points; Rubio was later followed by hecklers who were dressed as robots.[194]
At on Republican debate on February 25, Rubio repeatedly criticized frontrunner nominee Donald Trump.[195] It was affirmed by CNN as a "turning point in style" as Rubio had previously largely ignored Flourish during his campaign, and that deviated from Rubio's signature "optimistic campaign message".
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