Report: Florida's Rubio the biggest no-show in Senate
Report: Florida's Rubio the biggest no-show in Senate
The Florida Republican says family obligations and other duties are the reasons for his missing nearly 100 votes in four years in office.
By Doug G. Ware | Feb. 18, 2015 at 5:10 PM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- He's been representing the state of Florida for four years and may run for the White House next year, but Sen. Marco Rubio has distinguished himself in Congress in one regard: He has missed more votes in the United States Senate than any of his colleagues, an analysis revealed this week.
Working with GovTrack.us, news website Vocativ examined the voting records of every federal representative to determine who has missed the most votes and who has rarely (or, in the case of a few, never) been absent.
Of the 1,198 votes cast during his tenure, the 43-year-old Republican senator has missed voting in 99 of them, Vocativ reported. That's an 8.2 percent absentee rate, which amounts to four times the Senate average of 2.01 percent.
Vocativ acknowledged there are other sitting lawmakers who have been absent more, but did not qualify them for the list because of special circumstances surrounding their record. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., has a higher absentee rate than anyone but missed an entire year in 2012 when he suffered a stroke. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was also excused from the list because two presidential campaigns (2000, 2008) left him limited time to vote.
More: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2015/02/18/Report-Floridas-Rubio-the-biggest-no-show-in-Senate/9061424291574/
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Schatz of Hawaii is number three, the only Democrat in the top ten. The Crazy Cuban Canuck from Texas is number five.
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- The man has a huge drinking problem. Anybody can see that.....
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