Marco Rubio MyOcracy topics and responses

Civil Rights

Support for gun rights

• 2013-09-25: Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty
• 2013-04-17: Voted NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets
• 2013-04-14: New gun laws are ineffective, so don't pass them
• 2013-02-12: Deal with gun violence, but do it constitutionally
• 2010-08-11: by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record
• 2010-08-11: Opposes restrictions on the right to bear arms
• 2010-02-03: 2nd Amendment is a cornerstone of our democracy

  Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

• 2012-06-19: Opposed Sotomayor nomination based on her Roe support
• 2010-09-19: Supports giving legal protection to unborn children
• 2010-08-11: Opposes both federal abortion funding & judicial activism
• 2010-02-03: No right to privacy, that resulted in the Roe v. Wade
• 2010-02-03: Require ultrasounds before performing abortions

  Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

• 2013-06-28: Defining marriage does not demean a class of people
• 2010-09-19: Opposes Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)
• 2010-08-11: Supports Amendment to prevent same sex marriage
• 2010-08-11: Supports banning homosexuals in the military

  Ban abortions except in limited cases

• 2012-06-19: Expand birth control exemption for faith-based organizations
• 2011-05-05: Prohibit federal funding for abortion
• 2006-04-06: Voted against funding stem cell research

  Support for gun control measures

• 2012-06-19: As Speaker, failed to push law allowing guns at work

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 2010-08-11: Address market uncertainty by making Bush cuts permanent
• 2010-02-20: Capital gains tax is double taxation
• 2010-02-03: Simplify our tax code; reduce the tax burden
• 2006-11-01: Supermajority vote for any tax increases

  Taxes for large corporations: Decrease

• 2012-06-19: End double-taxes: capital gains; dividends; & inheritance
• 2010-02-03: Eliminate taxes on capital gains; lower corporate tax rates

  Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment

• 2012-01-01: Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge
• 2010-07-08: Demand a Balanced Budget amendment

  Implement a flat tax

• 2010-08-11: Supports flat-rate federal tax; opposes increased tax rates
• 2010-07-08: Adopt a single-rate tax system

  Increase taxes for all tax payers

• 2010-07-08: Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax

  Reduce taxes for all tax payers

• 2012-01-01: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

• 2012-06-19: Presided over $2.3B cut to Florida public education
• 2007-04-30: Voted for more scholarships for private schools
• 2006-11-01: More options for student and parent choice in education

  Reduce federal government involvement with public education

• 2010-09-19: Supports less federal & more local control of education
• 2006-11-01: $4,500 voucher saves state $10,000 in per-student cost

  Support privatization of mass education

• 2006-11-01: A+ Plan for Education: charters and choice

Environmental Issues

Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2010-11-02: Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP
• 2010-09-19: Opposes passage of Cap-and-Trade energy legislation
• 2010-07-08: Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures
• 2010-02-03: Cap-and-trade scheme destroys jobs

  Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources

• 2010-07-08: Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low
• 2010-02-03: Explore ANWR & outer continental shelf

  Eliminate tax incentives and/or subsidies to the fossil fuel industry

• 2006-11-01: Loans to public institutions for energy efficiency
• 2006-11-01: Tax incentives for energy-efficient appliances

  Support cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2012-06-19: I dislike cap-&-trade, but it is inevitable as national law

  Increase tax incentives for solar energy development and use

• 2006-11-01: Florida has obvious advantages in solar energy

  Consumer tax credits for the purchase of hybrid or electric vehicles

• 2006-11-01: Let hybrid drivers use HOV lanes & discount parking

Healthcare Issues

Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 2011-05-25: Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
• 2010-08-11: Opposes government-run healthcare
• 2010-07-08: Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market
• 2010-07-04: Repeal any federal health care takeover
• 2006-11-01: Launch a marketplace of affordable health insurance

  Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers

• 2012-06-19: Medicare's hospice care let my father die with dignity

Immigration

Oppose amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 2012-06-19: Legal status, but not citizenship, to migrant's children
• 2010-09-19: Opposes granting amnesty to illegal immigrants
• 2010-04-07: Don't count illegal immigrants in the 2010 census
• 2010-03-28: No amnesty in any form, not even back-of-the-line
• 2010-02-03: Oppose amnesty in any reform

  Provide amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 2013-04-14: Green cards after 10 years; secure border; & e-Verify
• 2012-06-19: AZ ant-immigrant law demands papers like police state
• 2010-04-27: AZ law may unreasonably single out some citizens

  Increase border security between U.S. and Mexico

• 2010-09-19: Supports full implementation of current border security laws

  Allow in-state tuition at public universities and colleges for undocumented students

• 2014-01-08: Give kids of illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates

  Increase the number of work visas granted to foreign workers each year

• 2012-04-26: GOP DREAM Act: visas for going to college or military