Marco Rubio

Former Senator from Florida, 2011–2025 · Republican

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

2.58· expected 0.85

Above expectations

Rank 4 of 102 who served in the Senate that Congress · expected = average of 49 minority-party members

How far Rubio’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

251 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 248 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the Senate

Became law (2)

2 national policy

S. 50 Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024Became law Dec 17, 2024 · Environmental ProtectionNational policy
S. 3764 United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2024Became law Sep 30, 2024 · International AffairsNational policy

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Rubio’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Rubio. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s Senate.

Rubio in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

87/ 100

Chamber median 97 · 89 missed of 691

Voted on 602 of 691 roll calls; missed 89. Lower than 93% of senators.

50%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

96/ 100

Senate R median 95 · Rank 21 of 49

Sided with the Republican majority on 464 votes that split the parties. Lower than 69% of senators.

40%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

13/ 100

Chamber median 18 · −5

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 79% of senators.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured

+0.62

Republican middle 80%: 0.35 to 0.85

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Rubio’s bills that made it out of committee or further

All bills

10 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Rubio’s effectiveness score.

S. 50 Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024Environmental Protection · Became law Dec 17, 2024SubstantiveText pending National policy
S. 3764 United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2024International Affairs · Became law Sep 30, 2024Substantive174 words National policy
S. 2783 Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments ActNative Americans · Introduced Dec 16, 2024Substantive246 words Introduced
S. 1829 Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act of 2024International Affairs · Out of committee May 7, 2024Substantive6.6k words Out of committee
S. 2626 MAHSA ActInternational Affairs · Out of committee May 7, 2024Substantive5.1k words Out of committee
S. 1881 Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act of 2024International Affairs · Out of committee May 7, 2024Substantive5.6k words Out of committee
S. 3874 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2024International Affairs · Out of committee May 7, 2024Substantive11k words Out of committee
S. 490 Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification ActInternational Affairs · Out of committee Jul 25, 2023Substantive3.7k words Out of committee
S. 1074 Taiwan Protection and National Resilience Act of 2023International Affairs · Out of committee Jun 13, 2023Substantive1.9k words Out of committee
S. 797 United States Legal Gold and Mining Partnership ActInternational Affairs · Out of committee May 4, 2023Substantive5.9k words Out of committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.