Tim Bishop

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Tim Bishop currently serves the First Congressional district of New York

Timothy H. Bishop, a Democrat, has represented the First Congressional District of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2002. (map)

Record and controversies

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Iraq War

For more information see the chart of U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War.

Environmental record

For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Bio

Bishop was born June 1, 1950 in Southampton, New York and graduated from The College of the Holy Cross. He served as the long-time Provost of Southampton College.

Congressional career

In his first political race in 2002, Bishop ran against Republican Congressman Felix Grucci. During the campaign, Grucci ran radio ads accusing Bishop of falsifying rape statistics at Southampton College, but his claims were based on articles from a college newspaper that contained numerous inaccuracies. Grucci refused to repudiate the ads, and Bishop won the election by under 3,000 votes.

Bishop's victory was one of only three turnovers of a Republican House seat to the Democrats in the 2002 midterm elections; the other two winners were Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Rodney Alexander of Louisiana (who has since changed his party affiliation to Republican).

2006 elections

In 2006, the Republicans nominated Italo Andres Zanzi to face Bishop in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [1] Bishop retained his seat.

2008 elections

In the 2008 election, Congressman Tim Bishop will be challenged by the endorsed Republican candidate and military veteran Lee Zeldin.

Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00025413&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata>

Links to more campaign contribution information for Tim Bishop from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2006 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2006 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2006 election cycle	Career totals

• Revolving door profile for Tim Bishop from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Tim Bishop from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Tim Bishop from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
  • Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines
  • Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
• House Committee on Education and Labor
  • Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness
  • Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
• House Committee on Budget

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

• House Committee on Education and the Workforce
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

More Background Data

• Background information on Tim Bishop from Project Vote Smart

• Interest group scorecard ratings for Tim Bishop from Project Vote Smart

• Voting record for Tim Bishop from the Washington Post database

• Information on Tim Bishop from Congress Merge
• 2006 New York CD 1 Candidate List from VIS

Wikipedia also has an article on Tim Bishop. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC Office:
1133 Longworth House Office Building:
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3826
Fax: 202-225-3143
Web Email
Website

District Office- Coram:
3680 Route 112, Suite C
Coram, NY 11727
Phone: 631-696-6500
Fax: 631-696-4520

District Office- Southampton:
33 Flying Point Road, Suite 104A
Southampton, NY 11968
Phone: 631-259-8450
Fax:

Articles and Resources

External resources

• Official website
• Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Local blogs and discussion sites

• Simply Left Behind

External articles

• All in the political family by J. Jioni Palmer, Newsday, 4/15/05.
• O Congress Person, Where Art Thou? by Gur, Room Eight, 5/09/06.
• The Phattest Bubble You've Ever Seen? by Gur, Room Eight, 5/12/06.
• The Hamptons Jipped-Me by Gur, Room Eight, 6/20/06.
• What Part Of "You Will Pimp My Pay to $168K" Did You Not Understand? by Gur, Room Eight, 6/30/06.
• Congressional Wire, "Earth to Congress - Come In!", Room Eight, July 11, 2006.
• Gur, "Why Bother?", Room Eight, July 12, 2006.
• Gur, "A NY Dem's Ocracy in Iraq", Room Eight, August 7, 2006.

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Current Office: U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
Leadership Position:	Committees Chaired:	Committees, Ranking Member On:	Caucuses:
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110th Congress
Leadership Position: None	Committees Chaired:	Committees, Ranking Member On:	Caucuses:
Committees: House Committee on Budget, House Committee on Education and Labor, House Committee on Education and Labor/Subcommittee on Higher Education Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness, House Committee on Education and Labor/Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure/Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure/Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure/Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Congressional Career
First Elected to Current Office: November 5, 2002	First Took Current Office: January 3, 2003	Next Election: November 2, 2010	Term Ends:
Freshman Member? No	Previous Political Work? None or not available	Other Party Membership:
District Offices:
1. 3680 Route 112, Suite C, Coram, NY 11727 Phone: 631-696-6500 / Fax: 631-696-4520 2. 33 Flying Point Road, Suite 104A, Southampton, NY 11968 Phone: 631-259-8450 / Fax:
Campaign Contact:
Website: Webform Email: / Email: Campaign Offices: 1. Phone: / Fax:
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Date of Birth: June 1, 1950