Topic - Marco Rubio

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  Visa changes aimed at skilled workers

  Most Americans are deeply skeptical of expanding immigration, especially in the middle of an economic slump — but a bipartisan group of senators said Tuesday that high-skilled immigrants could provide just the kind of spark the economy needs to help pull it out of a prolonged rut.

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  Rubio's political past could still be a liability

  For freshman Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising GOP figure seen as a possible Mitt Romney running mate, there are questions about whether potential vulnerabilities in his personal and political background might hold him back.

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  GOP Senate hopes once again rest on insurgents

  For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010. They have a shot at taking control away from Democrats as long as insurgent conservatives who are defeating the party's more establishment candidates in primaries don't frighten too many independent voters like they did two years ago.

• Both parties using bills to settle scores across aisle

  Congress is producing little this election year that will become law, yet both parties are churning out bills designed to make the other side look bad.

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  Inside the Beltway: Romney's graduates

  Forget shabby politics, an evolving White House and the "Celebrity-in-Chief" for a moment: It's God, country and education at Liberty University on Saturday morning, when 14,012 students receive degrees from a school administration unapologetic about its religion-based curriculum with Mitt Romney delivering the commencement address.

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  Gingrich goes to bat for Romney, 'can't imagine' being veep

  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who ended his own bid for the Republican presidential nomination just last week, tried out a dramatically different role Sunday, transforming himself from Mitt Romney's biggest critic to the former Massachusetts governor's most vocal supporter.

• Inside Politics: How conservative is enough for Texas?

  After a decade of building a solidly Republican resume, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is finding it more difficult than expected to make the next step to higher political office.

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  Club for Growth targeting 'establishment' GOP candidates

  If longtime Sen. Richard G. Lugar of Indiana loses his Republican primary Tuesday, several factors invariably will be blamed for his downfall: His advanced age (80); the aggressive campaign of his challenger, and the lawmaker's moderate views, which increasingly rub against a party pulling to the political right.

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  RAHN: Geithner's willful negligence

  What would you think of a secretary of the Treasury who failed to do serious cost-benefit analysis about regulations that could cost millions of Americans their jobs and cause innocent people to be subject to political abuse or worse and yet have almost no benefit to the United States?

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  Capitol Police investigating threat against Rubio

  The U.S. Capitol Police force is investigating a reported threat against Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, who often is mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

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  Amid VP buzz, Rubio shows muscle on foreign policy

  A day after campaigning with Mitt Romney, Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, sought to bolster his foreign policy resume with a vigorous defense of a muscular American foreign policy Wednesday, criticizing what he said was the increasingly prominent isolationist strain in his own party.

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  Inside the Beltway: W wheels with the warriors

  The Secret Service has already gone over the rocky desert trail with sharp eyes and a fine-toothed comb, making way for former President George W. Bush, 24 wounded warriors and a slew of mountain bikes - all arriving Thursday in Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, Texas.

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  Romney, Rubio stump in Pennsylvania

  Mitt Romney, campaigning Monday with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, told Pennsylvania supporters that while Tuesday's Republican primary is important, next fall's showdown with President Obama is the real battle.

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  Inside Politics: Lawmakers tackle right to skip immunizations

  Vermont is embroiled in a debate about ending the philosophical exemption that allows parents to have their children skip childhood immunizations required for attending school.

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  If Romney picks a woman, who?

  Would picking a woman as his running mate help Mitt Romney close the gap with female voters?

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