Was most absent in votes compared to All Senators Rubio missed 35.4% of votes (120 of 339 votes) in 2015. View Rubio’s Profile » Compare to all All Senators (99th percentile).

Cosponsored the 4th most bills compared to Senate Republicans Rubio cosponsored 209 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (93rd percentile); All Senators (77th percentile).

Joined bipartisan bills the 11th most often compared to Senate Republicans In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 209 bills that Rubio cosponsored, 28% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (80th percentile); All Senators (58th percentile). Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.

Introduced the 12th most bills compared to Senate Republicans Rubio introduced 35 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (78th percentile); All Senators (72nd percentile).

Ranked 23rd most conservative compared to All Senators Our unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2015 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Rubio’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (57th percentile); All Senators (77th percentile).

Ranked the 23rd top leader compared to All Senators Our unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2015 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Rubio’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (70th percentile); All Senators (77th percentile).

Laws Enacted Rubio introduced 1 bill that became law in 2015. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: S. 802: Girls Count Act of 2015 Compare to all Senate Republicans (50th percentile); All Senators (59th percentile). A bill or joint resolution is considered enacted if it or an exactly identical bill to it is enacted as law. We only consider bills that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through incorporation into larger bills, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively.

Writing Bipartisan Bills Rubio tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 29% of Rubio’s 35 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015. Compare to all Senate Republicans (41st percentile); All Senators (46th percentile). Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.

Committee Positions Rubio held a leadership position on 0 committees and 2 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Rubio’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Republicans (22nd percentile); All Senators (21st percentile).

Cosponsors Rubio’s bills and resolutions had 219 cosponsors in 2015. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (69th percentile); All Senators (72nd percentile).