Rep. Timothy H. Bishop

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 06/01/1950 Birthplace: Southampton, NY District: represents NY-01 Political Party: Democratic, Independence, Working Families, Independent Religion: Roman Catholic Education: M.P.A., Long Island University, 1981 A.B., History, College of the Holy Cross, 1972. Last elected in 2006 receiving 104,360 (62.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $783,222 (#245) Spent 49% (#445) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 61% (#167) From PACs 39% (#316) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 20 (#304) Total cost $48,747,875 (#221) Received 19 (#309) Total cost $39,975,875 (#202) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 40% left-wing (#312) Predictable 98% (#17) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 3 times (#357) Avg. length 683 words (#361) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,005 (#267) Introduced 27 (#401) Debated 6 (#284) Enacted 3 (#220) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 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 D. Geoffrey Armstrong $15,000 from October 13, 2003 to May 17, 2007 2 Mel Brooks $12,800 from June 13, 2003 to December 30, 2007 3 Walter Gezari $12,700 from June 12, 2003 to September 29, 2007 4 R. Brandon Fradd $10,800 from August 2, 2004 to June 22, 2007 5 Michael G Ferrel $10,700 from August 3, 2005 to May 5, 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 $411,049 2 Fxm $33,780 3 Long Island University $32,025 4 Prologic $25,250 5 Ckx $24,050 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 Ms. Patricia Ann Kmieciak - United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy... $5,000 2 Mr. Frederick P. Mcluckie - International Brotherhood Of Teamsters $4,000 3 Mr. Jose Ceballos - National Air Traffic Controllers Association $3,000 4 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $2,500 5 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $2,500 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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