Subject: DEBATE FACT CHECK: RUBIO IS FULL OF OUTDATED, FAILED POLICIES
From: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
To: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 02:48:21 +0000

FACT CHECK: RUBIO IS FULL OF OUTDATED, FAILED POLICIES

You want outdated ideas? Look no further than Marco Rubio. He may be young, but Marco Rubio's ideas are just the same failed trickle-down economic policies, dangerous neo-con foreign policies, and outdated social views that the Republican Party has been pushing for decades.

RUBIO HAS NO NEW IDEAS

The Daily Beast Likened Rubio's Policy Proposals To "Reheated Leftovers."   "Then he tried to win back some centrist cred with a few speeches on squish topics like community colleges, which is actually a fine thing to pay attention to and more people should, but the experts in the field whom I consult found his ideas to be reheated leftovers." [Daily Beast, 12/19/14<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/19/rubio-s-embargo-anger-plays-to-the-past.html>]

RUBIO'S TAX PLAN IS NOTHING NEW AND A RETURN TO BUSH ECONOMICS

HEADLINE: "Marco Rubio's Tax Plan And The GOP's Return To Bushism." [MSNBC, 3/4/15<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/marco-rubios-tax-plan-and-the-gops-return-bushism>]

MSNBC: On Economic Policy, "Rubio Is Moving Closer To Reviving George W. Bush's Agenda Than Anyone Else In The GOP Field." "Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has been pressed since day one of his proto-campaign to explain how he'd be a different president than his brother or father. But the press may be interrogating the wrong GOP presidential hopeful - when it comes to economic policy, Sen. Marco Rubio is moving closer to reviving George W. Bush's agenda than anyone else in the field." [MSNBC, 3/4/15<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/marco-rubios-tax-plan-and-the-gops-return-bushism>]

Bloomberg: Proponents Of The Rubio Tax Plan Conceded That It Would Reduce Revenue By $1.7 Trillion - Which Would "Largely Favor The Top 1 Percent Of Americans Over The Middle Class." "Senator Marco Rubio of Florida kicked off the competition with his plan to boost economic growth by slashing taxes on investments, wages and business income. Even the plan's proponents concede it would reduce tax collections by at least $1.7 trillion in the first decade, largely favoring the top 1 percent of Americans over the middle class." [Bloomberg, 3/12/15<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-12/republicans-vie-over-who-can-cut-taxes-most-as-deficit-shrinks>]

Tax Policy Center Fellow Roberton Williams Said The Rubio Proposal To Eliminate Investment Taxes Would Provide "A Huge Benefit" To Wealthy Families.  "Eliminating investment taxes would provide 'a huge benefit' to wealthy families, especially the super-rich who earn most of their income that way, said Roberton Williams, a fellow at the Tax Policy Center, a research organization in Washington." [Associated Press, 3/4/15<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7bcf7693c9414e70b8d3f4227ee7e5ae/rubio-lee-tax-plan-rewards-investors-parents-businesses>]

RUBIO SAID HE'D VOTE TO MAKE THE BUSH TAX CUTS PERMANENT

Rubio Said He'd Vote To Make The Bush Tax Cuts Permanent. RUBIO: "Yes. I would -- in fact, I would argue in favor of making permanent the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. And I would argue doing it now, before they recess, so that people have some level of certainty. I think, going forward, we need to simplify our tax code. And we can get to that next. But I think the most important thing now is to provide certainty, particularly to job creators. And that`s what you`re describing when you talk about that upper 1 percent is job creators. It`s important to provide them with certainty in our marketplace by making permanent these tax cuts and not allowing the tax code to become something that is played for at the whim of the administration and congressional leaders that just want more revenue." [Your World w/ Neil Cavuto, Fox News, 6/28/10]

RUBIO HAS OUTDATED IDEAS ON ENERGY

Vox: "Rubio's Energy Policy Is Orthodox Conservatism That Hasn't Changed Much In 30 Years." [Vox, 10/20/15<http://www.vox.com/2015/10/20/9575001/rubio-energy-plan>]

RUBIO REPEATEDLY VOTED AGAINST PAYCHECK FAIRNESS BILLS

2014: Rubio Voted Against Advancing The Paycheck Fairness Act. "On the Cloture Motion." [S. 2199, Vote #262, 113th Congress, 9/15/14<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00262>]

2014: Marco Rubio Voted Against The Paycheck Fairness Act.  "On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 2199)." [S. 2199, Vote #103, 113th Congress, 4/9/14<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00103>]

RUBIO CLAIMED OBAMA'S NET NEUTRALITY PROPOSAL SUPPORTS "MORE REGULATION OF THE INTERNET" AND INCREASES COSTS ON INTERNET USERS

Rubio On Obama's Net Neutrality Announcement: "President Obama's Announced Support For More Government Regulation Of The Internet Threatens To Restrict Internet Growth And Increase Costs On Internet Users."  "The Internet is one of the greatest economic stories in all of history, one whose openness has given people unprecedented opportunities to innovate and create jobs. President Obama's announced support for more government regulation of the Internet threatens to restrict Internet growth and increase costs on Internet users." [Press Release, Office of Senator Rubio, 11/10/14<http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=fda0ed7c-4a7c-43bf-96c5-ff0b94fe1340>]

*         HEADLINE: "Marco Rubio Blasts President Obama's Call For Internet Regulation." [Saint Peters Blog, 11/10/14<http://www.saintpetersblog.com/archives/166200>]

RUBIO CALLED WALL STREET REFORM "DISASTROUS" AND SUPPORTED REPEALING IT

Rubio Called Wall Street Reform "Disastrous."  BLITZER: "Which you tried to do." RUBIO: Right. And I think at this point in time -- it has always been hard to pass good policy in one comprehensive piece of legislation. I think the fact of the matter is the last two or three big comprehensive pieces of legislation that passed into law have proved disastrous. Dodd-Frank or Obamacare or what have you. And so I think a better approach is for us to begin to address is issue sequentially and individually. Let's begin working on the things there is agreement and consensus on and use that to build momentum and the political space to finish the job." [Situation Room, CNN, 2/25/14]

Rubio Supported A Budget Proposal To Repeal Wall Street Reform. Rubio: "Senator Paul deserves lots of praise for taking our debt problem seriously and coming up with a plan to solve it. While there are many objectives I support in his budget--including the repeal of ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank, allowing the Keystone Pipeline to move forward, and bringing our regulations under control through the REINS Act--I could not support it tonight." [Senate Floor Speech, 3/22/13]