Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress

Robert L. Turner

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · New YorkHouse 2011–2013 (NY-9)

Robert Turner was a Republican U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 91% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.

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7Bills & resolutions sponsored112th–112th Congress (excludes amendments)

2Passed a chamberof 7 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law112th–112th Congress

55Broke with partyof 635 yes/no votes, 112th (8.7%)

22Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (3.3%)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

5 most recent votes

YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility Act
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.Res. 776 Recognizing and commemorating the importance of Federal law enforcement officers to United States national security and counter-terrorism efforts.
Sep 19, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R. 3857 Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act
Sep 13, 2012 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
H.R. 6355 To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the right to religious…
Aug 2, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R. 5958 To name the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in honor of James…
Jul 24, 2012 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
H.Res. 646 Expressing the sense of the House that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the "adult entertainment" section of the classified advertising…
May 18, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

How has New York’s 9th district done while Rep. Turner served?

2011 to 2012 in NY-9: typical household income was down 18% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 5.8 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflation

NY-9: $78.5K in 2011 → $64.2K in 2012

NY-9 down 18%New York about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of people below the poverty line

NY-9: 14.0% in 2011 → 19.9% in 2012

NY-9 up 5.8 pointsNew York about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of workers looking for a job

NY-9: 9.9% in 2011 → 10.4% in 2012

NY-9 about the sameNew York down 0.3 pointsU.S. down 0.9 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in New York’s 9th district during Turner’s time representing it (2011 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. NY-9’s lines did not change in these years, so every year can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	7	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	5	See the 5 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	2	See the 2 →
With a committee report listed	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.