Reality Check: Should Rubio Be Fired For Terrible Voting Record?

[ZakCarter]

"Sen. Marco Rubio's excuse for having the worst voting record in the U.S. Senate doesn't hold water. This is Reality Check with Ben Swann."




"Marco Rubio said just one day ago that if government employees are not doing their jobs they should be fired.

I think we can all agree. But that might mean that Rubio should be among those getting canned."


Can't watch the video? Read the transcript @ http://truthinmedia.com/reality-check-should-rubio-be-fired-for-terrible-voting-record/

 

[Zippyjuan]

For comparison- 2012 election:

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box...n-paul-has-missed-92-percent-of-votes-in-2012

The Hill reported last July that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) had missed about 37 percent of votes in the House since launching her presidential bid. At that time, Paul had missed only 8 percent of the votes since announcing his White House run in mid-May.

Since then, his absenteeism rate has soared. In 2012, Paul has missed 136 votes while casting only 15.

According to GovTrack.us, Paul has missed 91.8 percent of roll call votes for the first quarter of 2012, the highest in his career. He went long stretches this year without setting foot on the House floor and then would show up to vote on a high-profile bill before jetting off again.

During the longest of these stretches, from Jan. 19 to Feb. 27, he was absent for 69 votes in a row. Paul last voted on March 29 on two amendments to Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget. He missed the final vote on passage, however.

“In general, legislators try to keep their participation rates exceedingly high, since no one wants a challenger running an ad against him/her for missing votes,” said Sarah Binder, professor of political science at George Washington University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. “But Rep. Paul’s running for president and he’s giving up his House seat, so I doubt he’s worried about being attacked for failing to show up for work in the House.”

 

[twomp]

From the link in the OP:

According to GovTrack, from January 2011 to October 2015, Rubio missed 165 of 1,423 roll call votes, which is 11.6 percent. This is much worse than the median of 1.6 percent among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. But as the year has gone on, Rubio’s record is getting worse.

This month, he has missed 87 percent of the votes cast. In fact, this speech about government employees is only one vote he has been present for this month.

In fact, just weeks ago on CNBC, Rubio defended missing all those votes, saying, “I am going to miss votes. I am running for president.”

But senator, you weren’t elected to run for president. You were elected to help govern. And by the way, there are four other senators who are also running for president this election cycle—Rand Paul, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham—and all of them, according to PolitiFact, have better voting records than Rubio.

According to those numbers, Rubio has missed 29.1 percent of his votes between January 1 and September 16. During that same period, Cruz was absent for 23.4 percent, and Graham absent for 22.6 percent. None of which are good numbers. But look at Sanders, who has missed only 3.4 percent, and the best record, Paul, who has missed only four votes, or 1.5 percent.

 

[mello]

According to GovTrack, from January 2011 to October 2015, Rubio missed 165 of 1,423 roll call votes, which is 11.6 percent. This is much worse than the median of 1.6 percent among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. But as the year has gone on, Rubio’s record is getting worse.

This month, he has missed 87 percent of the votes cast. In fact, this speech about government employees is only one vote he has been present for this month.

In fact, just weeks ago on CNBC, Rubio defended missing all those votes, saying, “I am going to miss votes. I am running for president.”

But senator, you weren’t elected to run for president. You were elected to help govern. And by the way, there are four other senators who are also running for president this election cycle—Rand Paul, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham—and all of them, according to PolitiFact, have better voting records than Rubio.

According to those numbers, Rubio has missed 29.1 percent of his votes between January 1 and September 16. During that same period, Cruz was absent for 23.4 percent, and Graham absent for 22.6 percent. None of which are good numbers. But look at Sanders, who has missed only 3.4 percent, and the best record, Paul, who has missed only four votes, or 1.5 percent.

Rand should make a commercial about this or at the vary least, bring it up in interviews.

 

[ZakCarter]

"Rand should make a commercial about this or at the vary least, bring it up in interviews"

or they could just share Ben's video