Marco Rubio

What they got done

Most bills never get a vote. These are the ones they wrote or backed that got somewhere.

What their bills would do

Every bill is scored against plain yes-or-no questions. These count their bills — the ones they wrote and the ones they cosponsored — by how each question was answered: yes, or the opposite. Open one to see those bills, where each stands, and why it was scored that way. Scores are made by AI (how we use AI).

How they voted lately

Their latest votes that decided something, and what each measure would do.

• U.S. Senate · Jan 20, 2025

  Laken Riley Act

  S. 5

  The vote on whether to pass the bill This is the real decision in this chamber. Passing here sends the bill to the other chamber, which must pass it too before it can go to the President.

  Their vote Yea

  Passed

  64 – 35

  This legislation requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take certain inadmissible aliens into custody if they are charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admit to committing burglary, theft, larceny, shopli…

  • Scored +3

    Does this tighten control of the border?

    The bill emphasizes the detention of aliens charged with theft, potentially contributing to increased border security efforts.

  • Scored -5

    Would immigrants be better off under this?

    The bill negatively impacts immigrants facing charges, as it mandates their detention.

• U.S. Senate · Jan 20, 2025

  To include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention.

  S.Amdt. 8

  A vote on a proposed change to the bill A vote on one change, not on the bill. A bill can collect dozens of these, and losing one does not stop it.

  Their vote Yea

  Passed

  75 – 24

  What the Amendment Does Proposed by: Ms. Ernst and Mr. Grassley (SA 8). Purpose: It changes the bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take certain aliens into custody.

• U.S. Senate · Jan 15, 2025

  To strike the section that authorizes State attorneys general to sue Federal immigration authorities for alleged violations relating to the detention of aliens.

  S.Amdt. 23

  A vote on a proposed change to the bill A vote on one change, not on the bill. A bill can collect dozens of these, and losing one does not stop it.

  Their vote Nay

  Failed

  46 – 49

  Mr.

Every vote they cast, and how often they missed one →

On the President’s nominees

The President chooses federal judges, cabinet secretaries, ambassadors and military officers, and the Senate decides whether each one gets the job. Most are confirmed by voice vote, which records no one’s position. In the 119th Congress (2025–2026) the Senate put 224 confirmations to a recorded vote, and confirmed every one.

How busy they have been

How many bills they have put their name to over time — volume, not results: most bills never get a vote.