SCOOP: “Do-Nothing Marcy” under fire for taking credit for millions of dollars in grants she opposed

Although Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Ohio) bragged in 2025 about bringing over  $11 million in funding projects to her district, Kaptur failed to mention that she voted against funding mechanisms in the continuing resolutions that sent federal dollars to her district — through programs like Safe Streets and Roads for All, Responsible Fatherhood Program, Exploratory/Developmental Grants program, Rural Energy For America Program (Reap) Renewable And Energy Efficiency Program, and more.

Kaptur, a member of both the House Budget and Appropriations Committee, noted as recently as December 2025 that she “secure[d] nearly $1.3 million in new safe streets funding to bolster vision for a safer NW Ohio.” But Kaptur’s votes against legislation that funded the government and sent millions of dollars to her district strikes the Republicans who want to oust her as hypocritical.

Kaptur’s votes against legislation from March and November 2025 will likely be used by Republicans to paint her as out of step with her district, which voted for President Donald Trump in 2024, sources told the Washington Reporter. The November continuing resolution in particular included three full-year appropriations bills. 

Kaptur, who has been in Congress since the Reagan administration, has passed five bills during her tenure. She narrowly defeated her latest Republican opponent in 2024 due in part to a Libertarian candidate who entered the race. 

Lydia Hall, a spokeswoman for the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), told the Reporter that “Marcy Kaptur voted against millions going to her district in 2025 and hasn’t passed a bill in years. Do-Nothing Marcy is like your least favorite coworker: the one who does nothing all day and still gets paid!” 

Kaptur also voted against the One Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB), which sent over $200 million to Ohio via the Rural Health Transformation Program.

Derek Merrin, whom Kaptur narrowly defeated last cycle, is running again against her, as is state Representative Josh Williams. Kaptur’s campaign did not respond to request for comment.