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Rubio’s history of obstructing immigration enforcement

(Paul Mirengoff) The Daily Caller reports that Marco Rubio has a history of opposing enforcement of immigtation laws. As Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Rubio blocked efforts to deal with illegal immigration at the state or local Miami level. Show More Summary

Rubio Can't Defend His Own Immigration Bill

Senator Marco Rubio appeared on a special edition of the Hannity show last night on behalf of the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill, otherwise known as Schumer-Rubio. His case for the bill was unpersuasive and, at times, incoherent. You...Show More Summary

More Help For Veterans That Want To Purchase Franchises

Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla. just announced the Help Veterans Own Franchises Act. The bill would create a tax credit for veterans or their spouses who purchase a franchise. The tax credit would amount to 25 percent of the total franchise fee up to $100,000. Casey said that one in seven franchise businesses [...]

John McCain And Marco Rubio’s “Let’s End Conservatism In America Amnesty Bill”

My latest Townhall column is called, John McCain And Marco Rubio’s “Let’s End Conservatism In America Amnesty Bill”. Here’s an excerpt from the column. I am strongly against amnesty. The most important thing we need to do is enforce our existing laws. Show More Summary

Marco Rubio’s embarrassing appearance on Fox, Part Two

(Paul Mirengoff) In a post below, I noted that during his appearance tonight on Sean Hannity’s program, Marco Rubio failed to defend his immigration bill, even though the format of the show was highly favorable to the Senator from Florida. Show More Summary

Clinton Leads 2016 Poll In Iowa, Would Defeat Rand Paul And Marco Rubio

Hillary Clinton leads a 2016 poll in the crucial state of Iowa, adding more ammunition to the rumors that the former Secretary of State will seek the White House in three years. The poll released Friday by Quinnipiac University shows that in Iowa Clinton was ahead of Senator Marco Rubio of Florida 48 percent to [...]Show More Summary

Marco Rubio’s embarrassing appearance on Fox News, Part One

(Paul Mirengoff) Tonight, Sean Hannity had Marco Rubio on his show for an hour to advocate the Schumer-Rubio amnesty bill. The program was embarrassment at two levels. First, as I feared, the format was heavily skewed in favor of Rubio and his position. Show More Summary

Debt limit, budget fight fracturing GOP

The best political show in D.C. this week wasn't the IRS hearings, it was the GOP drama playing out sporadically on the Senate floor as four tea party bombthrowers, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Mike (me-too! me-too) Lee faced off against Susan Collins and John McCain over the budget. Show More Summary

Rubio Misleads On Debt Ceiling In Floor Speech Blocking Budget Process

In a floor speech Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) falsely claimed that the debt ceiling is critical to saving future generations from inheriting a crippling national debt. Rubio, who is widely expected to seek his party’s presidential nomination in 2016, insisted that the Senate forbid its budget conferees from including an increase to the debt [...]

Bill Kristol: Rubio Should Walk Away from 'Gang of 8' Bill

On The Laura Ingraham Show Tuesday morning, The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol expressed his opposition to the "Gang of 8" bill and noted that Senator Marco Rubio “should walk away from it," adding: “He should say ‘I made a good faith...Show More Summary

Kristol Comes Out Against Gang of Eight Bill

A day after the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council, the union representing 12,000 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers and staff, slammed the Gang of Eight immigration bill, Marco Rubio and company have...Show More Summary

Report: Gay Activists Press Schumer to Include Same-Sex Immigration

Gay activists are pressuring Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to include in the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill a provision that would, according to his fellow Gang of Eight member Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), kill the bill. According to Politico,...Show More Summary

Despite Rubio’s wooing, radio hosts protest immigration reform bill

Conservative radio talk show hosts have signed a letter opposing the sweeping immigration reform bill in the Senate, bucking tea party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio's attempts to win their support for the bill, which combines enhanced border security with a legalization program for the nation's unauthorized immigrants. Rubio, a member of the "gang of eight" [...]

Obama Administration Described a Reporter Just Doing His Job as Probable "Aider, Abettor, and/or Co-Conspirator" in a Crime

Man, it's rare day that I agree with Karl Rove and Marco Rubio about anything, but they're totally right on the Justice Department's ridiculous overreaching in their pursuit of Fox News reporter James Rosen. Karl Rove says it's "chilling"...Show More Summary

Gay Publication Lies About Rubio's Speech Being Interrupted by Gay Rights Activists

It would have made good video if Gay Rights activists would have actually interrupted Senator Marco Rubio's speech this weekend, as The Advocate reports. But the truth is, The Advocate lied about Rubio's speech being interrupted. Here...Show More Summary

Congress: Attack mode

Republicans were in full attack mode on the Sunday shows: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Obama of a "culture of intimidation" on NBC’s Meet the Press. (That very same language was used by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown Friday.) He …

Off to the races: Meet E.W. Jackson

Beth Reinhard: “Florida Sen. Marco Rubio hasn’t popped up in an early-primary state in six months, leaving potential Republican rivals like Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to make the rounds while he carried the torch for h …

Marco Rubio’s 3am call on Benghazi

The "Do Nothing" Solution to "Illegal Immigration"

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida www.ftlauderdale.gov/news Both sides of the political aisle have made a major issue out of the problem of the 11 million people inside the US illegally or presently undocumented. The president has said this is a priority and Florida senator Marco Rubio has agreed. Show More Summary

Anti-Immigrant Leader Trashes Rubio With Homophobic Slur

A top anti-immigration advocate referred to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) using a homophobic slur during an appearance on the Laura Ingraham radio show on Thursday. Mark Krikorian, the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, argued that Rubio is critical to building Republican support for reform, but is either misleading lawmakers about the bill [...]