BuzzFeed - "He is seriously considering running for president and taking the necessary steps to field a competitive campaign, and it's not unusual for presidential candidates to occasionally miss Senate business," a Rubio spokeswoman told BuzzFeed News. Win Mcnamee / Getty Images Marco Rubio missed a closed Intelligence Committee briefing Tuesday while in Texas for a fundraising swing for his presidential campaign. The closed meeting was early in the afternoon. According to the Texas Tribune, Rubio was in Houston and Dallas on Monday and Tuesday for a fundraising trip. The Tuesday fundraiser is at the home of Annandale Capital founder George Seay, and, according to Reuters, is taking place "with the moneyed Dallas elite at his 7,000-square-foot, seven-bath home." Rubio has cited his "extensive work" with the Intelligence Committee and Foreign Relations Committee as experience that sets him apart from the current president, who was also a one-term senator when he ran for president. "Since he
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