Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Biographical info                                                      

- *May 28, 1971 in Miami

- Parents immigrated from Cuba

- Married to Jaenette Rubio since 199

-> 4 children

-1993: Bachelor’s degree at University of Florida

Law degree at University of Miami

-1998: Winning a seat on the West Miami City Comission

-1999: Elected in the Florida House of Representatives

-2006: Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

-2009: Seat in the U.S. Senate

-since 2011: member of several legislative committees

-2015: Annonucing the presidental nomination

-> Slogan: “A new american century“

Political position on...

   ...abortion:

-      ’all human life is worthy of protection’

refers to Constitution of the United States

-      exeptions for rape, incest, saving life for mother

         ...taxes:

-      wants to fix the broken tax code

-      simplify the structure and lower rates

-      eliminate the parent and marriage penalty

...healthcare:

-      strikes for ’affordable, quality healthcare’

-      wants to work with congress to create a tax credit all Americans can use to purchase health insurence     with increasing value every year

        ...immigration

-      ’immigration system itself is chaotic’ &’secure borders first’

Position on the polls:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/five-things-to-know-about-marco-rubio/