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MISSING MIKE: Absentee Congressman Has Skipped Hundreds of Votes And Only Passed One Bill in 24 Years

After nearly 24 years in Washington, Mike Turner has stopped showing up for the Ohioans who sent him there.

New reporting reveals that Turner has “missed 129 House votes since January 2021,” over double the average number of absences for a member of Congress. Turner didn’t bother to show up for a number of crucial votes, including on legislation to crack down on deadly fentanyl-related drugs, support veterans, and strengthen the electric grid.

And when Turner does clock in, he has little to show for it. In nearly 24 years in Congress, Turner has gotten just one bill signed into law.

REMINDER: Turner has repeatedly faced scrutiny and been hit with ethics complaints over his lavish campaign spending, doling out over $120,000 in donor dollars on ritzy restaurants and luxury hotels, including in Dayton and Washington, D.C. where Turner owns personal homes.

DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi:
“Miami Valley families are getting squeezed by rising costs, and they deserve a representative who actually shows up for work. This November, voters will give Turner the permanent vacation he’s clearly been wanting and send Kristina Knickerbocker to Congress.”

Read more on absentee Congressman Mike Turner:

Ohio Independent: Rep. Mike Turner has missed key House votes and sponsored only one enacted law since 2003

The Ohio Republican has skipped more than 120 floor votes since the start of 2021.

  • Republican Rep. Mike Turner, who is campaigning for a 13th term in Congress, is running ads that show supporters praising him for delivering for Ohio’s 10th Congressional District. He has missed numerous key votes, however, and authored just one bill that was signed into law in his almost 24 years in office.
  • According to the government transparency site GovTrack.us, Turner has missed 129 House votes since January 2021, more than 4% of the floor votes held in that time. The median percentage of votes missed is about 2% for active members of Congress.
  • Those missed votes included a measure extending surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act, the Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience (POWER) Act, the HALT Fentanyl Act, and the Access for Veterans to Records Act.
  • Since his first election to Congress, Turner has had only one bill signed into law, a 10-year extension of the authority of the secretary of commerce to conduct a quarterly financial report, enacted in 2005.
  • Since the start of 2013, only one Turner-sponsored bill has been passed by the House of Representatives.

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