Rep. Sanford Bishop

Democrat  •  2nd District, Georgia  •  10th Term  •  Sworn In 1993
Current Term 2011 - 2012 View All

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02/08/12
Washington Post Points Fingers At Earmarkers

Was investigated and cleared by the ethics committee. Rep. Sanford Bishop, Jr. (D-Georgia) 2008-09, $200,000 for a middle school mentoring program that employed his stepdaughter and her husband. Rep. Corinne Brown (D-Florida) 2005-10, $21.9 million for six

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02/05/12
Crawford plan lets farmers save up for disasters

...vacation,” he said. Earlier in the week, Crawford announced that he had co-founded the House Chicken Caucus, along with Rep. Sanford Bishop, a Georgia Democrat. The group, which has eight members, evenly split between the two parties, will work to pro

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02/03/12
Bishop to speak on Black History

U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr. will be the keynote speaker at the 24th annual Black History Month observance held on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 4 p.m. at First African Baptist Church, 515 Webster St. in Bainbridge. The 2012 National Black History ...

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02/06/12
Fundraising Shows Hot Competition for Dixie's US House Seats

They are Sanford Bishop (GA2) and John Yarmuth (KY3), and not surprisingly, both trail their fellow vulnerable Democrats in money raised.The aggressive GOP challenges are developing in large part because of redistricting, ...

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02/01/12
Ga. hopeful runs to unseat longtime representative : News ...

For the second time Rick Allen (R) is running to unseat longtime U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop (D) as the Georgia's district two congressional representative. “A lot of people didn't get a chance to know me last time, ...

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02/01/12
Ga. hopeful runs to unseat longtime representative : News ...

For the second time Rick Allen (R) is running to unseat longtime U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop (D) as the Georgia's district two congressional representative. “A lot of people didn't get a chance to know me last time, ...

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Official website: http://bishop.house.gov/
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2429 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3631
Fax: 202-225-2203

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