Mike Turner on Abortion

• Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
• Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
• Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
• Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
• Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
• Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance. (Dec 2006)

Mike Turner on Budget & Economy

• Voted YES on defining "energy emergency" on federal gas prices. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on revitalizing severely distressed public housing. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on restricting bankruptcy rules. (Jan 2004)

Mike Turner on Civil Rights

• Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
• Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
• Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
• Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
• Require 90 day delay for compliance before ADA lawsuits. (May 2002)
• Limit interstate class-action lawsuits to federal courts . (May 2002)
• Issue a commemorative postage stamp of Rosa Parks. (Dec 2005)
• Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 33% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)

Mike Turner on Corporations

• Voted YES on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)
• Rated 100% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. (Dec 2003)

Mike Turner on Crime

Mike Turner on Drugs

• Rated -30 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance. (Dec 2006)

Mike Turner on Education

• Rated 17% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes. (Dec 2003)

Mike Turner on Energy & Oil

• Voted NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (May 2008)
• Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
• Voted YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
• Voted YES on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
• Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence. (Dec 2006)

Mike Turner on Environment

• Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species. (Sep 2005)
• Voted YES on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects. (Nov 2003)
• Supports grants for brownfields remediation. (May 2002)
• Make EPA into a Cabinet department. (May 2002)
• Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes. (Dec 2003)

Mike Turner on Families & Children

• Voted YES on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids. (Apr 2003)
• Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Increase penalties for child sexual slavery. (Mar 2008)

Mike Turner on Foreign Policy

• Voted NO on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (Jul 2005)
• Voted YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)

Mike Turner on Free Trade

• Voted YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)
• Voted YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
• Voted YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)
• Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement. (May 2002)

Mike Turner on Government Reform

• Voted YES on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
• Voted YES on restricting frivolous lawsuits. (Sep 2004)

Mike Turner on Gun Control

• Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003)
• Rated B by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC. (Mar 2007)

Mike Turner on Health Care

• Voted NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
• Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
• Voted YES on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
• Voted YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
• Voted NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
• Tax credits for those without employee health insurance. (May 2002)
• Tax deduction for long-term care insurance. (May 2002)
• Support telemedicine for underserved areas. (May 2002)
• $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors. (May 2002)
• Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
• Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)

Mike Turner on Homeland Security

• Voted NO on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad. (Mar 2008)
• Voted NO on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations. (Mar 2008)
• Voted YES on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists. (Feb 2005)
• Voted YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses. (Feb 2005)
• Voted YES on supporting new position of Director of National Intelligence. (Dec 2004)
• Voted YES on adopting the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. (Oct 2004)
• Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003)
• Rated 11% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record. (Dec 2003)

Mike Turner on Immigration

• Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
• Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 92% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance. (Dec 2006)
• Declare English as the official language of the US. (Feb 2007)

Mike Turner on Jobs

• Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
• Rated 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)

Mike Turner on Principles & Values

• Member of the Republican Main Street Partnership . (Jan 2001)
• Rated 0% by the AU, indicating opposition to church-state separation. (Dec 2006)

Mike Turner on Social Security

• Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)

Mike Turner on Tax Reform

• Voted NO on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Dec 2005)
• Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification. (Sep 2004)
• Voted YES on making permanent an increase in the child tax credit. (May 2004)
• Voted YES on permanently eliminating the marriage penalty. (Apr 2004)
• Rated 59% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)

Mike Turner on War & Peace

• Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on approving removal of Saddam & valiant service of US troops. (Mar 2004)

Mike Turner on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted YES on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients. (Feb 2003)