A CBS Miami report questioned Murphy's claims of being a certified public accountant and small business owner. Murphy's campaign called the report "deeply false. Murphy attacked Rubio for missing votes and abandoning Florida voters while campaigning for president. During an interview, he said, "Sen. Rubio has the worst vote attendance record of any Florida senator in nearly 50 years," a statement PolitiFact rated as "mostly true.
Murphy's spokeswoman Galia Slayen said, "Marco Rubio is willing to abandon his responsibility to Floridians and hand over our country's national security to Donald Trump, as long as it advances his own political career. And I know people feel betrayed and you have a right to.
Every major institution in our society has failed us — the media, the government, big business, Wall Street, academia — they have all failed us. So people are so frustrated and angry. But we must channel that anger and frustration into something positive. Let it move us forward as energy to confront and solve our challenges and our problems. The following issues were listed on Rubio's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here. Rubio was a Republican candidate for the office of President of the United States in On April 13, , Rubio announced his presidential run on a conference call with donors.
He referred to himself as "uniquely qualified" for the nomination. The call came hours before a scheduled campaign rally in Miami. On March 15, , Rubio suspended his presidential campaign after coming in second to Donald Trump in the Florida Republican primary. He defeated Kendrick B. Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties.
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Source: Follow the Money. Rubio won re-election to the U. Senate in Senate winners in In an analysis by Open Secrets of the Top 10 Recipients of Contributions from Lobbyists in , Rubio was 1 of members of Congress who did not report any contributions from lobbyists in as of July 3, Rubio won election to the U.
The Personal Gain Index U. Congress is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants. It consists of two different metrics:. Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets. Rubio ranked as the 79th most wealthy senator in Between and , the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate.
Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets. Rubio received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Retired industry. From , Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack , Rubio was a " rank-and-file Republican ," as of July 22, This was the same rating Rubio received in June The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often.
The results include a member from each party. According to the website GovTrack, Marco Rubio missed of 1, roll call votes from January to September This amounts to 11 percent, which is worse than the median of 1. The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress.
He ranked 17th on the list of the lowest paid Republican senatorial staff salaries and ranked 23rd overall of the lowest paid senatorial staff salaries in Overall, Florida ranked second in average salary for senatorial staff.
The average U. Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Rubio ranked 17th in the conservative rankings in Rubio ranked 13th in the conservative rankings in The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.
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Rubio and his wife, Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio, have been married since They are the parents of four children. They live in West Miami. Rubio was named by The Hill as a member of Congress who had one of the worst years in The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Marco Rubio Florida Senate. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles. Marco Rubio - Google News.
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With the help of Tea Party supporters, the reform-minded Rubio managed to win an impressive victory in November He defeated both Crist, who ran as an independent, and Democratic opponent Kendrick Meek. Since taking office in , Rubio has become a member of several legislative committees, including the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; and the Committee on Foreign Relations. Less than a year after taking office, Rubio became the subject of intense political speculation.
His name was bandied about as a possible running mate for Mitt Romney in his bid for the presidency. Though Rubio denied that he had any interest in the vice-presidential nomination, political analysts and members of the Republican Party thought he would have a good choice for the vice-presidential spot due to his representation of an important state in the national election and likely support from the Latino community.
Instead of joining the Romney campaign, Rubio focused on his work in the Senate. Senators who crafted a comprehensive immigration bill known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of The bill provided a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and made the border more secure.
The bill passed the Senate but faced stiff resistance in the House. Eventually, Rubio withdrew his support for the bill citing more pressing priorities like repealing Obamacare. The House never took up the bill and it died in committee. In , in an effort to derail the Affordable Care Act, Rubio supported a provision to prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from tapping into other accounts to fund the risk corridors program.
The result was several small insurers went out of business and others pulled out of the health care exchanges altogether. Rubio has also been an outspoken pro-life advocate.
He introduced legislation in January to allow states to "enforce their parental notification and consent laws" when a minor travels to another state for an abortion, according to Rubio's official website.
In April , Rubio announced his plans to run for the Republican presidential nomination. In a speech delivered in Miami, he explained why he decided to seek the country's highest office. In his bid for the Republican nomination, Rubio faced competition from fellow senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, both of whom had already announced their candidacies.
He also had to battle his one-time mentor Jeb Bush. While he was brought into office with Tea Party support, Rubio shifted to a more moderate conservative position.
As his presidential campaign advanced, Rubio found himself up against real estate magnate and reality TV star Donald Trump , who had emerged as a leading candidate along with Cruz.
He did fare better than many of his other Republican opponents in the first contest for delegates: the Iowa Caucus. In February , Cruz won the most votes and 8 delegates, but Rubio managed to come in third. He was nearly tied with Trump, winning Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help. Marco Rubio's biography on his Senate website on Oct. Senate website, Biography , accessed Oct. When he was eight years old, Rubio and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where his father worked as a bartender at the Sams Town Hotel and his mother as a housekeeper at the Imperial Palace Hotel. In , the family returned to Miami where his father continued working as a bartender at the Mayfair House Hotel until Thereafter he worked as a school crossing guard until his retirement in His mother worked as a Kmart stock clerk until she retired in Marco Rubio Native American Connection.
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