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

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Iraq War 1.2 Environmental record 2 Bio 2.1 Congressional career 2.1.1 2006 elections 2.1.2 2008 elections 3 Money in politics 4 Committees and Affiliations 4.1 Committees 4.1.1 Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008) 4.1.2 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006) 5 More Background Data 6 Contact 7 Articles and Resources 7.1 References 7.2 External resources 7.2.1 Local blogs and discussion sites 7.3 External articles

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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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. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
Renaissance Technologies	$ 28,100
CKX Inc	$ 19,600
Liberty Title Agency	$ 10,400
Air Line Pilots Assn	$ 10,000
American Federation of Teachers	$ 10,000
Communications Workers of America	$ 10,000
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$ 10,000
National Air Traffic Controllers Assn	$ 10,000
National Assn of Realtors	$ 10,000
National Beer Wholesalers Assn	$ 10,000
National Education Assn	$ 10,000
Teamsters Union	$ 10,000
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Links to more campaign contribution information for Timothy Bishop from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2008 election cycle	Career totals

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

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

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

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

• 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 Timothy Bishop from Project Vote Smart

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

• Voting record for Timothy Bishop from the Washington Post database

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

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

Contact

DC office
225 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-3826 Fax: 202-225-3143 Webform email
District offices
3680 Route 112, Suite C, Coram, NY 11727 Ph: 631-696-6500 Fax: (none entered) 33 Flying Point Road, Suite 104A, Southampton, NY 11968 Ph: 631-259-8450 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website This member of Congress does not use Twitter. This member of Congress does not have a YouTube channel.
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. No campaign office information entered.

Articles and Resources

References

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.

Semantic data

From the Sunlight Foundation API
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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:
3680 Route 112, Suite C, Coram, NY 11727 Phone: 631-696-6500 / Fax: 631-696-4520 33 Flying Point Road, Suite 104A, Southampton, NY 11968 Phone: 631-259-8450 / Fax:
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Latitude: 40°51′54.511″N
Longitude: 73°0′0.68″W Latitude: 40°53′49.33″N
Longitude: 72°22′17.065″W