Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Michael Turner [R, OH-3]

Grade cards show polarized Congress

2012-06-02T22:45:56Z

Tim Ryan, D-Niles. In the most recent scorecard, there are nuances in numerical scores, however: Among Republicans, Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, received a high score of 30. Jordan, whose district covers an 11-county area that includes Champaign and ..

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Help for troops in custody cases

2012-05-31T21:58:12Z

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday night approved a bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mike Turner that could help service members in child custody cases. By a vote of 390-2, the House sent the measure to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain because of ...

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Washington's Daft Punk justification for wasteful military spending

2012-05-31T18:30:36Z

But we still have this boondoggle on our hands, thanks to lawmakers like Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), who has attempted to appropriate $160 million back to the facility; failing to acknowledge the growing body of evidence that the facility isn't needed.

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Turner’s military child custody law passed House

2012-05-31T13:44:16Z

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 390 to 2 to pass the Servicemember Family Protection Act, which was introduced by U.S. Rep Mike Turner, R-Centerville. “With every deployment, our men and women in uniform live with the constant fear

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House, Senate face off over defense bill

2012-05-31T06:27:37Z

Already, though, House Republicans are questioning the plan. “The Senate is shirking its responsibility,” Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) told POLITICO. An across-the-board cut in the civilian workforce, he said, is a sneaky way to stay within the ...

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Washington's Daft Punk justification for wasteful military spending

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...might just sit there with nothing to do." But we still have this boondoggle on our hands, thanks to lawmakers like Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), who has attempted to appropriate $160 million back to the facility; failing to acknowledge the growing body of

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Turner’s military child custody law passes House

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...U.S. House of Representatives voted 390 to 2 to pass the Servicemember Family Protection Act, which was introduced by U.S. Rep Mike Turner, R-Centerville. Deployed members of the military are a step closer to having a law that protects their child custo

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VA mental health care wait too long

2012-05-27T22:10:06Z

Even so, some members of Congress have criticized the findings. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, a member of the Senate Veterans Committee, and U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said extended wait times .

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Turner adopts role for Romney campaign

2012-05-26T22:32:45Z

WASHINGTON — These days, it’s hard to miss Republican Congressman Mike Turner. Like earlier this month on the cable news channel MSNBC, when he accused President Barack Obama of “politicizing’’ the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden ...

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Congressman Turner defends duties on Chinese candles

2012-05-25T06:49:03Z

U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, has joined other House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in defending an antidumping duty on petroleum wax candles from China. Representatives wrote a letter to Secretary of Commerce John Bryson to ...

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Congressman Turner defends duties on Chinese candles

2012-05-25T01:00:00Z

...was printed from Dayton Business Journal U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, has joined other House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in defending an antidumping duty on petroleum wax candles from China. Representatives wrote a letter to Secretar

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GOP lawmaker presses Obama on reports of ‘secret’ missile deal

2012-05-23T22:36:19Z

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) is not backing down from his allegations that President Obama has a “secret deal” with Russia on missile defense. Turner sent another letter to President Obama on Wednesday that urged the White House to explain what missile ..

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Follow the Defense Dollars -- If You Can

2012-05-23T16:16:56Z

Then Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) added provisions to the NDAA that took the money for the plutonium lab that had been cut from the Department of Energy's budget and added it to the Department of Defense's budget. Project On Government Oversight ...

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Defense panel says Dayton region must be proactive

2012-05-22T13:33:28Z

“We just can’t wait till 2015; we have to start today,” Hoagland said. Note: The defense forum also featured several keynote addresses from Lt. Gen. Tom Owen, U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, and U.S. Rep. Steve Austria, R-Beavercreek.

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General: Air Force to pressure defense firms on costs

2012-05-22T12:43:22Z

Other keynote speakers at the event included U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, and U.S. Rep. Steve Austria, R-Beavercreek. The two spoke about the overall effort to protect the missions and units at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from ...

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Cloture Club names Capitol Hill's best dressed

2012-05-22T01:00:00Z

...Sewell, D-Ala., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. Speaker of the House John Boehner made the men's list, which was filled with only Republicans. Also among them, Reps. David Dreier, R-Calif., Allen West, R-Fla., Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., and Mike Turner, R-Ohi

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General: Air Force to pressure defense firms on costs

2012-05-22T01:00:00Z

...will not be personnel cuts at the program office level and below. Other keynote speakers at the event included U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, and U.S. Rep. Steve Austria, R-Beavercreek. The two spoke about the overall effort to protect the missio

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First Read: Bush cautiously campaigning

2012-05-20T02:15:48Z

Mike DeWine at a country club in Kettering, OH, a campaign stop with DeWine and Rep. Mike Turner in Dayton, and finally, an open-press reception for GOP candidate Chris Wakim in Fairmont, WV. Wakim faces the ethically challenged Rep. Alan Mollohan (D ...

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Budget inaction will result in fiscal storm

2012-05-19T21:50:57Z

“I would not support a tax increase on the middle class now.” Republicans such as Rep. Mike Turner of Centerville oppose repealing the Bush tax cuts and said any increases in tax revenue should go directly toward reducing the $15.7 trillion national de

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Claims of Obama's ‘secret deal’ with Russia draw Democrats’ ire

2012-05-19T13:15:33Z

No one in Congress has been more vocal about Obama’s comments than Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), who chairs the Armed Services subcommittee that deals with missile defense. Turner mentioned a secret deal seven times during the committee mark-up of the ...

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