WASHINGTON (AP) — For Marco Rubio ... government should operate.” Rubio's rise continued in 2010 as he was elected to the Senate as part of the “tea party” wave of outsiders taking ...

He was also a candidate in the 2016 GOP presidential primary race, where Trump dubbed him "Little Marco" and Rubio ... echoed other members of her party who said Rubio was well qualified for ...

Senate Confirms Marco Rubio ... said his party will “neither rubber-stamp nominees we feel are grossly unqualified, nor oppose nominees that deserve serious consideration.” Rubio, he said ...