Marco Rubio
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| Marco Rubio | |
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| Assumed office January 2, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Allan Bense |
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| Born | May 28, 1971 Miami, Florida |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Jeanette Dousdebes |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Catholic |
Marco Rubio (born May 28, 1971, Miami, Florida) is the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2007 and 2008 Legislative sessions. He was first elected to the Florida House as a Republican on January 25, 2000, from the 111th district. He was previously a City Commissioner from West Miami. He received his B.S. from University of Florida in 1993 and his J.D. Cum Laude from the University of Miami in 1996. While studying law, he interned for Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen(R, FL).
[edit] Personal Life
Rubio is married to the former Jeanette Dousdebes, a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader (1997). They have four children, Amanda, Daniella, Anthony, and Dominick.
[edit] Career
In November of 2006, he was elected Speaker of the Florida State House for the 2006-2008 term.
He is best known for his book 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future. The book was compiled after Rubio traveled around the state to gather ideas from citizens. This was done through what Rubio calls "Idearaisers".
Marco rose to one of the most powerful political posts in Florida at a young age, becoming one of the highest-ranking Cuban-Americans in the state. From November 2006 through November 2008, Rubio is speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. That puts him in position to single-handedly stop any piece of proposed legislation. A speaker of the House also has a good chance at turning an agenda into law.
A Republican, Marco Rubio champions a conservative, smaller-government approach to government in the Florida state Capitol, in contrast with other elements of the Republican-controlled state government which are more moderate or centrist. Marco Rubio is seen as a politician in the mold of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who advocated more conservative approaches when he was governor of Florida for eight years ending in 2007.
During 2007, Marco Rubio championed a major overhaul of the Florida tax system. He wanted to slash property taxes, increase sales taxes, and cut the amount of money going to local governments. His effort failed, although the Florida Legislature passed a more modest plan. Much of what he pushed in his first year as speaker the time when a presiding officer in the Florida Legislature has the greatest influence came from a book of citizen recommendations he published called 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future. Marco Rubio, a resident of West Miami, Florida, was elected to the House of Representatives in a special election on Jan. 25, 2000. He was subsequently re-elected each November. He represents the 111th House District. He was born May 28, 1971, in Miami. He previously served as a City Commissioner of the City of West Miami. [1]
He is also Of Counsel in the Miami office of Broad and Cassel. He is a member of the firm's Real Estate and Land Use Practice Groups. [2]
In March of 2008, Rubio admitted he failed to disclose home equity loans for the 2007 and 2005 tax years in his financial disclosure forms,. He did not disclose the errors until the Miami Herald called during their investigation for Rubio possibly receiving favors for obtaining the amount of the loans. [3] Rubio said he amended the forms as soon as he found out.
Marco also written op-eds on his view of global warming, gambling and the size of government in his local paper, the Miami Herald [4].
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