Politico: “Two months after he quit the presidential race, as he heads into the twilight of his single term in the chamber, the Florida senator is showing signs that the job that once deeply frustrated him isn’t so bad, after all. Bashed on the campaign trail as a vote-skipping truant, Rubio has become a constant, active presence in the chamber — leaning on fellow Republicans to cough up money to combat the Zika virus and strong-arming the White House in a foreign-policy deal in the past few weeks alone.”
Rubio Now Loves the Senate
Said Rubio: “A couple times I’ve wondered, ‘Boy, if we had a couple more years, we could really get some stuff done.'”
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