Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Turner sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 2013. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Turner is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Turner sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (50%) Crime and Law Enforcement (50%)
Recent Bills
Some of Turner’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 776 (112th): Recognizing and commemorating the importance of Federal law enforcement officers to United ...
- H.R. 6355 (112th): To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the ...
- H.R. 5958 (112th): To name the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station of the ...
- H.Res. 646 (112th): Expressing the sense of the House that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC ...
- H.R. 4075 (112th): Tax and Education Assistance for Children (TEACH) Act of 2012
- H.R. 4070 (112th): To clarify certain provisions relating to the interests of Iran in certain ...
- H.R. 3857 (112th): Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Turner’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Nay |
H.R. 6621 (112th): To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States ...
Dec 18, 2012. Passed 308/89.
|
| Aye |
H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012
Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
|
| Yea |
H.R. 5972 (112th): Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
Jun 29, 2012. Passed 261/163.
|
| No |
H.R. 1254 (112th): Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011
Dec 8, 2011. Passed 317/98.
|
| No |
H.R. 822 (112th): National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011
Nov 16, 2011. Passed 272/154.
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Missed Votes
From Sep 2011 to Jan 2013, Turner missed 25 of 900 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. ProPublica has tracked 7 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills