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politics and politicians Title: Marco Rubio’s 7 Top Achievements in U.S. Senate As The Washington Posts Chris Cillizza writes, a major part of the problem is that Rubio doesnt have all that many accomplishments in the Senate. When Rubio is asked to name his single greatest achievement in the Senate, do you hear crickets? tweeted the National Journals Ron Fournier. Though Rick Santorum was unable to name the accomplishments of the man he just endorsed, there are indeed several accomplishments that are quite noteworthy. Below are a few of Sen. Rubios achievements that Rick Santorum could have identified on MSNBC this morning: (1) The Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill The Washington Examiners Byron York has described the 2013 Rubio-Schumer bill as Rubios signature accomplishment. Although Santorum seemed reluctant to mention it, Rubios immigration bill is probably the first accomplishment that comes to mind when anyone thinks of Rubios very brief career in the U.S. Senate. Rubios immigration bill would have tripled the issuances of green cards, doubled the dispensation of foreign worker visas, and granted citizenship and, thereby, welfare access and voting privileges to illegal immigrants. Reports ranging from the The National Review, to the Tampa Bay Times, to the Washington Post, to the New Yorker have all suggested that the Gang of Eight bill would have likely not passed the Senate if not for Sen. Rubios tireless efforts. Indeed, Rubio was the key salesman of the Obama-backed immigration agenda. As Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker reported at the time, Rubio served as the Gangs official ambassador to the right, and was able to convince prominent conservatives to promote the open borders legislation. Lizza wrote: [Democratic Senator Bob] Menendez told me that Rubios role was to work over the conservative universe, particularly the conservative opinion-maker universe, in order to neutralize them and, in some cases, proselytize them. Schumer said, Hes the real deal. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin told Lizza, [Rubio] has been invaluable
Hes willing to go on the most conservative talk shows, television and radio, Rush Limbaugh and the rest. Moreover, Rubio was also able to successfully strike down all conservative amendments to the Gang of Eights proposal. As Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) pointed out, Marco and Schumer basically had a secret deal to block all amendments. Indeed, Rubio joined Chuck Schumer in voting down an amendment offered by Sen. Thune, which would have required the completion of a double-layer border fence. He also successfully defeated an amendment offered by Sen. Vitter, which would require the implementation of an exit-entry tracking system in order to prevent foreign nationals from illegally overstaying their visas. (2) Obamatrade Sen. Rubio cast the 60th and deciding vote to fast-track the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. By giving President Obama fast-track powers, Rubio essentially helped to ensure the passage of not only the TPP, but all subsequent trade pacts, which are now liberated from Senate filibuster, amendment process, and constitutional treaty vote. This represents a significant legislative victory for the young Senator, who previously endorsed TPP and described Obamas trade deal as the second pillar of a President Rubios three-pillar foreign policy strategy. Moreover, Rubio was also successful in promoting foreign currency manipulation by helping to vote down a provision to crack down on the illicit practice that had been proposed by Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). (3) Blocking Curbs to Muslim Immigration Rubio told Sean Hannity hed hate to block funding for Obamas refugees, and suggested that curbs on Muslim migration would be unconstitutional. This pro mass-migration offensive helped give Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) the space he needed to wave in a vast new group of Muslim migrants. Rubio further lent aid and comfort to Paul Ryan by joining a large group of Senators in voting down a proposal offered by Sen. Rand Paul to curb Muslim migration. Sen. Pauls amendment would have suspended visa issuances to more than 30 Muslim countries with active Jihadist populations. Rubio has been one of the most ardent champions for increasing Muslim migration. The U.S. has admitted roughly 1.5 million migrants from Muslim countries since 9/11 on a permanent lifetime basis. Yet Rubio has sought to grow that number vastly. In 2015, Rubio introduced an immigration bill which would have allowed for an unlimited increase in Muslim migration. (4) Enabling His Corporate Backers to Replace Americans With Foreign Workers In 2015, Florida Disney laid off scores of Marco Rubios constituents and replaced them with low-wage foreign workers brought in on H-1B visas. However, before terminating their American employees, Disney forced Rubios constituents to train their lesser-skilled foreign replacements. If Rubio had spent his political capital in 2013 trying to reform the H-1B program, instead of massively expanding it, he could have saved these careers of these Disney workers, instead of enabling their termination by leading the charge for more foreign workers. In 2013, Rubios aide even told Ryan Lizza that There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, cant cut it. There shouldnt be a presumption that every American worker is a star performer. There are people who just cant get it, cant do it, dont want to do it. And so you cant obviously discuss that publicly because. At this point another Rubio aide jumped in, asserting, But the same is true for the high-skilled worker, to which the first Rubio aide replied, Yes, and the same is true across every sector, in government, in everything. Shortly before the Disney workers got the axe, Rubio introduced legislation in January of 2015 to massively expand the H-1B program. Rubios 2015 Immigration Innovation Act would have tripled the number of H-1B visas. Interestingly, the bill was endorsed by Disneys CEO Bob Iger via his immigration lobbying group, the Partnership for a New American Economy. According to Open Secrets, the Walt Disney Corporation is one of Rubios biggest financial backers, having donated more than $2 million. Unfortunately, Rubios success in protecting his corporate backers ability to increase their bottom line has gone virtually unreported in the corporate media. This perhaps explains why so few are able to list his Senatorial achievements. For instance, Julia Preston of the New York Times has written multiple articles about the Florida Disneys H-1B scheme. Yet Preston fails to mention the fact that Florida Senator Rubio introduced legislation to triple the H-1B program, nor does Preston like to mention that Disney is one of Rubios financial backers. To demonstrate, here are several stories in which Preston writes about Rubios corporate backer replacing Rubios constituents with H-1Bs, yet makes no mention whatsoever of Rubio nor Rubios H-1B legislation: Pink Slips At Disney, But First Training Foreign Replacements In Turnabout, Disney Cancels Tech Worker Layoffs Lawsuits Claim Disney Colluded To Replace U.S. Workers With Immigrants Disney Has No Comment On The Recent Reversal of Layoffs Senator Seeks Inquiry Into Visa Program Used At Disney [The Senator mentioned here in Prestons story is Floridas Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL). In contrast to Sen. Rubio who provided cover to Disneys cheap-labor practices by pushing to expand H-1Bs Sen. Nelson joined Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to propose legislation that would reduce the number of H-1Bs and eliminate visas for low-wage jobs. Prestons story makes no mention of Sen. Rubio nor his desire to expand H-1Bs.] (5) Blocking Food Stamp Reform In 2011, Marco Rubio voted against a Republican proposal which the Congressional Budget Office projected would save the U.S. government $10 billion by reining in the abuse of the food stamp program. The measure was backed by almost all Republicans and opposed by virtually all Democrats. The measure, as Sen. Jeff Sessions explained when he proposed it, would have eliminated what is known as the categorical eligibility for food stamps, which makes people automatically eligible to receive government benefits even if that household has substantial assets. Rubio was one of only seven Republicans to oppose the measure, but his no vote helped stall momentum for food stamp reform which remains elusive. Rubios campaign did not respond to Breitbarts request for explanation as to why Rubio voted against the 2011 food stamp reform. (6) Benghazi As George Will pointed out, Sen. Rubio gave his enthusiastic support of the Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton intervention in Libya. Indeed, as the Washington Examiner wrote at the time in a piece entitled Rubio takes the lead to support Obamas war in Libya. Rubio proposes that the Senate authorize the presidents use of force in Libya, and that the authorization state that the aim of the use of force should be the removal of the Qaddafi regime, the piece said. George Will notes that Rubio supported this third adventure in regime change in the Muslim world since 9/11, perhaps on the principle that practice makes perfect. The destabilization and chaos that resulted from the overthrow of Qaddafi not only provided an operating ground for ISIS, but also provided the conditions that led to the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi. (7) Worst Attendance Record Reports note that Sen. Rubio has amassed one of the worst attendance records in the Senate, which is quite an achievement. The Washington Post writes, Since the beginning of the year, Marco Rubio has cast votes about two-thirds of the time he could have the worst attendance of any senator seeking a presidential nomination. The Sun Sentinel editorial board noted, Rubio has missed more votes than any other senator this year. His seat is regularly empty for floor votes, committee meetings and intelligence briefings. He says hes MIA from his J-O-B because he finds it frustrating and wants to be president, instead
But two other candidates Sens. Rand Paul and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have missed only 10 Senate votes during their campaigns for the White House. You, on the other hand, have missed 59, according to a tally by Politico. By contrast, Iowas Sen. Chuck Grassley set the record for the longest temporal stretch of perfect attendance in senatorial history, as Roll Call reported earlier this month. Roll Call notes that the Senator has not missed a recorded vote in 22 years, six months and six days. Given the medias reluctance to report on the young Senators achievements, it is perhaps understandable why Santorum was unable to identify any of Rubios achievements when put on the spot. Although the media seems loath to report it, Sen. Rubio has been one of the most ardent and successful champions of the donor-classs open borders trade and immigration agenda. While other establishment Republicans such as Jeb Bush, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), or Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have been unsuccessful in promoting the donor-classs priorities, Rubio has repeatedly demonstrated his adept ability to deliver for his donors evidenced by his ability to win praise from prominent conservatives like Rush Limbaugh even as he pushes policies that Limbaugh and others have warned would wipe out conservatism. This perhaps explains why Rubios campaign has been enthusiastically embraced by some of the most powerful mass migration advocates, like Paul Singer and Larry Ellison. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest
#1. To: cranky (#0)
Rubio is a crony capitalist Republican pol. They're a dime a dozen.
At least, or worse. I do not see anything I agree with him on! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood
Rubio really is a basically liberal warmonger when you look at his record. He talks conservative but votes very liberal. Except for military and intel spending. Big Government, Big Welfare, Big Warfare, Rubio seems to want more of everything.
To put it in language we can al understand, Rubio, like Hillary, has taken every opportunity to cut this nation off at the knees. He is Hillary in drag.
Anchor baby Marco will be the GOP nominee. It's the Karl Rove plan to get Hillary elected. Millions of genuine Republicans will help the Hillary campaign by voting for Skid Marco Rubio. Big Government, Big Welfare, Big Warfare, Rubio seems to want more of everything. You guys are delusional if you think a true conservative will win the WH in the foreseeable future, or maybe ever again. Trump is no conservative by any stretch of the definition. Neither is JEB or Kasich. Arguably the two real conservatives on the REP side have just dropped out of the race for lack of support in their own party. If you need a dose reality just look at how well a long time avowed socialist is doing in the polls. Do you think a Sanders would have garnered even 10% support with DRats or even 5% support nationally 10 years ago? 20 years ago? 50 years ago? Wake up and smell the coffee. There has been a fundamental change in the nature of We The People. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
It's not a genetic mutation. For many years, the liberal brand was down. Then it rose and now the conservative brand is down culturally, even if the GOP controls more states than ever and has about as many governors as it has had since Reconstruction. And every generation sees generational changes. The real threat is the unrestricted illegal immigration.
And Trump is right: the PHYSICAL BARRIER is crucial.
It's not a genetic mutation. Sorry but you are wrong. We are seeing the consequences of the leftist public school brainwashing of 3+ generations of We The People at the ballot box. It will only get worse going forward. The We The People will not elect a truly conservative POTUS for generations to come, much less a Congress. Irrespective of illegal or legal immigration, all you have to do is look at the projected demographics of the U.S. for the next 20-50 years to see what I am saying is true (i.e. - we all become California). All that immigration would do is hastened the inevitable and make it that much more difficult to ever reverse the trend. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
And Trump is right: the PHYSICAL BARRIER is crucial. Where's the wall? Build the God damned wall.
And at it's core are things like illegal aliens,3rd world refugees,and "motor voter". If we don't cut out the professional parasitic class by changing the laws starting this election cycle,America is doomed. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
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