Sen. Marco Rubio

Analysis

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, 2019 to May 23, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Marco Rubio sits on the following committees:

• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chair
• Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues subcommittee Ranking Member

  Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, Legislative Branch, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Senate Special Committee on Aging

Enacted Legislation

Rubio was the primary sponsor of 40 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 2626: A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses and support …
• S. 1829: A bill to impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the import of petroleum from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for other purposes.
• S. 832: A bill to amend section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of the Department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating …
• S. 1687 (117th): Small Business Cyber Training Act of 2022
• S. 2159 (117th): A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 400 College Drive, Middleburg, Florida, as the “Andrew K. Baker Department …
• S. 3895 (117th): United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2022
• S. 3240 (117th): Free Veterans from Fees Act

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Does 40 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 (33%) Health (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Commerce (9%) Taxation (8%) Education (8%) Finance and Financial Sector (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Rubio recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 4418: A bill to require the United States Executive Director at the International Monetary …
• S. 4374: A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include screening …
• S.Res. 691: A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2024, as “DIPG …
• S. 4309: A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct an evaluation of …
• S. 4307: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control …
• S. 4284: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount …
• S. 4250: A bill to provide for a permanent extension and expansion of the pilot …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to May 2024, Rubio missed 381 of 4,435 roll call votes, which is 8.6%. This is much worse than the median of 2.9% 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, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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