Rep. Rob Bishop

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 07/13/1951 Birthplace: Kaysville, UT District: represents UT-01 Political Party: Republican Religion: Mormon Education: BA, Political Science, University of Utah, 1974. Last elected in 2006 receiving 112,546 (63.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (265) river (144) land (115) issue (113) country (94)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $131,292 (#541) Spent 71% (#286) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 49% (#297) From PACs 51% (#190) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 29 (#190) Total cost $156,217,500 (#105) Received 29 (#179) Total cost $142,723,000 (#82) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 61% right-wing (#67) Predictable 93% (#289) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 5 times (#259) Avg. length 690 words (#356) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 477 (#427) Introduced 20 (#440) Debated 9 (#218) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 78% (11/14 votes) National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) NAACP 28% (2/7 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes) AFL-CIO 7% (1/13 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Kevin Howard $13,300 from March 19, 2002 to December 18, 2007 2 Daniele Pelessone $8,000 from August 9, 2004 to August 10, 2007 3 Charles Dahms $8,000 from August 9, 2004 to August 10, 2007 4 Brett Bailey $8,000 from August 9, 2004 to August 10, 2007 5 Theresa Sgammato $8,000 from August 8, 2004 to August 10, 2007 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $82,020 2 Es $51,000 3 Howard Phillips Andersen $15,000 4 Contacts $8,500 5 Utah League Of Credit Unions $7,500 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. Daniel A. Mica - Credit Union National Association $5,000 2 Mr. Jerry Giovaniello - National Association Of Realtors $3,000 3 Mr. John C Hay - Oldcastle Materials Inc $2,500 4 Mr. Craig F. Montesano - Midamerican Energy Holdings Company $2,500 5 Robert Garbini - National Ready Mixed Concrete Association $2,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400029 (GovTrack), N00025292 (OpenSecrets), B001250 (Congressional Bio), 20357 (ICPSR), 50544 (Vote Smart), H2UT01094 (FEC)