claim: like marco rubio, sen. barack obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the senate."
author: right to rise
evidence_1: nov 3, 2015 ... q: did barack obama and john kerry miss 60 percent to 70 percent of their  senate votes while running for president, as marco rubio claimed? a: yes. ...  sen. marco rubio of florida has missed nearly 34 percent of the u.s. senate  votes in 2015, partly due to campaigning for the republican nomination for ...
evidence_2: sep 2, 2016 ... when rubio challenged murphy to six debates, the jupiter democrat countered  that rubio was more concerned about a future presidential run than serving in  the senate, something he said is proven by the senator's record. "sen. rubio has  the worst vote attendance record of any florida senator in nearly ...
evidence_3: oct 30, 2015 ... rubio named several other senators with bad attendance records while running  for president -- bob graham and john kerry in 2004, barack obama in ... 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 ...
evidence_4: mar 3, 2016 ... in a heated exchange, republican presidential candidate donald trump  criticized rival sen. marco rubio of florida for his senate voting record. "this guy  has the no. 1 absentee record in the united states (senate), he doesn't show up  to vote," trump said at the march 3 fox news debate in detroit. trump ...
evidence_5: aug 10, 2015 ... in july alone, sen. marco rubio, a republican presidential candidate, missed  more than half the u.s. senate votes. ... his truancy — similar to sen. barack  obama ... “but when you are running for president people realize there has to be  some reasonable approach to both voting and being in attendance.