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Raw Story
March 17, 2018
“Three weeks after a room full of Florida students booed Marco Rubio for his weak stance on new gun laws in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas massacre, the junior senator from Florida announced a bold new legislative action. Not on guns, of course,” Hayes reported. “He wants to make Daylight SavingsÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 17, 2018
Marco Rubio, R-Fla. In a broader conversation about gun control Thursday, the "New Day" host spoke with Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., whose district suffered a terrible school shooting on Feb. 14. Weirdly enough, Camerota opened the conversation with a weird broadside aimed at Rubio. "Marco Rubio, whoÃâà...
CNN
March 16, 2018
(CNN) Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted Thursday he will go to Florida International University, where a pedestrian bridge collapsed, killing at least one person and injuring others. Rubio has been a visiting professor at the university for the past 10 years, starting in 2008 after leaving the FloridaÃâà...
CNN
March 15, 2018
(CNN) Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has proposed the "Sunshine Protection Act," which would make Daylight Saving Time permanent nationwide. This is after the Florida state Legislature voted for a similar bill to keep Daylight Saving Time all year. It took the state Senate less than a minuteÃâà...
New York Times
March 14, 2018
After World War II, the United States helped build an international economic order on the assumption that free and fair trade benefits all partners. During the postwar years, the American economy was unmatched by any other country. The postwar boom was fueled not just by thriving domestic demand butÃâà...
The New Yorker
March 14, 2018
Paul's Randian self-interest found its match about halfway through the video, during a brief interaction with the Florida senator Marco Rubio, who, possibly in an attempt to relate to “the kids,” agreed to speak to the social-media star on Skype. Paul, who appeared to be sitting at a kitchen table, wore a dressyÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 10, 2018
Florida lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are demanding accountability from the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center's leadership for their alleged failure to heed an employee's concerns about the reliability of the facility's HIV testing methods. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, issued a letter onÃâà...
CBS News
March 10, 2018
Sen. Marco Rubio believes Thursday's big announcement of an agreed-upon face-to-face meeting by May between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will have preconditions despite the claims of South Korean officials that there are none. "I think there are preconditions," the FloridaÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 10, 2018
Three and a half weeks ago, Marco Rubio walked into an arena of 7,000 grieving Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students, parents, teachers and alumni with a message: Young adults should not be able to buy rifles. “I absolutely believe that in this country if you are 18 years of age, you should notÃâà...
HuffPost
March 10, 2018
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed a bill into law on Friday that enacts several restrictions on gun purchases, including a three-day waiting period for long gun purchases, an age requirement of 21 for all firearm sales and some regulation of bump stocks, the after-market accessories that make aÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 9, 2018
In his final speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaimed, “We have been forced to a point where we are going to have to grapple with the problems that men have been trying to grapple with through history, but the demands didn't force them to do it. “Survival demands that we grapple with them.” Fifty yearsÃâà...
CNN
March 8, 2018
Washington (CNN) Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said Wednesday that they're introducing legislation that would encourage states to adopt so-called "red flag" gun laws, which allow people to file gun restraining orders to remove firearms from potentially violentÃâà...
Miami New Times
March 7, 2018
Last week, Sen. Marco Rubio stood on the Senate floor and announced a plan he said could prevent mass shootings like the Parkland massacre that left 17 dead. Despite weeks of pleas from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High survivors, his pitch had nothing to do with gun control. Instead, the NRA-backedÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
March 2, 2018
In our news wrap Thursday, new gun control bills emerged in the Senate, including proposals from Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. This comes after President Trump said he's open to some gun control measures. Also, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta JacobsonÃâà...
WSET
March 1, 2018
Senator Marco Rubio announced a plan for school safety and gun control on the Senate floor Thursday. While on the Senate floor Rubio stated he will be joining Senator Orrin Hatch in introducing the Stop School Violence Act. Rubio plans to issue a six step plan to combat gun violence. He is joining Hatch to strengthenÃâà...
CNN
March 1, 2018
Washington (CNN) Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio announced his plans Thursday to prevent future school shootings, highlighting on the Senate floor temporary gun restraining orders as well as other measures as an option to prevent a shooting like the one last month in Parkland, Florida. "No matterÃâà...
Snopes.com
February 28, 2018
Two fake quotes ostensibly uttered by the Florida senator resurfaced in the aftermath of the February 2018 mass school shooting in his state. 104. CLAIM. Senator Marco Rubio said both that felons should not be allowed to vote and that they should be allowed to own guns. FALSE. RATING. FALSE. ORIGIN.
CNN
February 27, 2018
Marco Rubio is the Republican senator from Florida. He is a member of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, Intelligence Committee and Appropriations Committee. He also chairs the Congressional-Executive Commission on China that is authorized by US law to monitor human rights and the rule ofÃâà...
TIME
February 22, 2018
(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says a visit to a Florida high school where 17 people were fatally shot has prompted him to change his stance on large capacity magazines. Rubio visited Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school and a few days later met with its teachers. He said he was toldÃâà...
New York Times
February 22, 2018
WASHINGTON — Senator Marco Rubio and a spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association were repeatedly heckled at a nationally televised forum on Wednesday night in Florida after they refused to back new gun control measures. The spokeswoman for the N.R.A., Dana Loesch, offering the group'sÃâà...
CNN
February 15, 2018
Washington (CNN) Sen. Marco Rubio said Thursday that gun restrictions would not have prevented the mass shooting at a high school in his home state. "I understand. I really do. You read in the newspaper that they used a certain kind of gun and therefore let's make it harder to get those kinds of guns.
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