Sanford Bishop Jr., Representative for Georgia's 2nd Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Bishop has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Bishop is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Bishop for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Sanford Bishop Jr. sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Bishop sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Foreign Trade and International Finance (81%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%)

Recent Bills

Some of Bishop’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1993 to Sep 2016, Bishop missed 617 of 15,896 roll call votes, which is 3.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 89 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	6	4.7%	73^rd
1993 Apr-Jun	190	13	6.8%	68^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	1	0.6%	26^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	23^rd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	16^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	11	5.0%	76^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	15	10.6%	84^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	46^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	32	11.5%	95^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	2	1.1%	29^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	17	7.3%	91^st
1995 Oct-Dec	185	3	1.6%	48^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	4	3.6%	56^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	1	0.5%	17^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	6	3.7%	69^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	3	4.2%	64^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	2	1.1%	36^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	12^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	2	1.2%	35^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	23^rd
1998 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	20^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	36^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	3	4.1%	66^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	33^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	5	2.7%	59^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	8	3.9%	78^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	5	3.4%	59^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	53^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	16	5.8%	79^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	3	2.3%	57^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	16	15.8%	78^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	6	8.0%	88^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	59^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	7	4.7%	80^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	6	3.9%	67^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	6	3.0%	54^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	8	5.7%	71^st
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	3	1.3%	37^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	3	1.6%	43^rd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	2	1.9%	31^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	25	15.5%	92^nd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	43^rd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	21	7.7%	85^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	26^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	9	5.5%	76^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	59^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	13	4.7%	81^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	3	1.4%	42^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	8	2.0%	60^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	28	8.8%	93^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	6	2.3%	39^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	11	7.4%	76^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	10	3.1%	54^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	14	6.8%	82^nd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	14	4.6%	77^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	7	2.6%	64^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	33^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	17	8.7%	86^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	56^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	7	4.6%	76^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	5	5.1%	61^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	2	0.9%	44^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	5	1.8%	60^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	34	13.8%	97^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	12	5.8%	84^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	4	2.6%	63^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	3	1.0%	40^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	5	3.3%	74^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	38^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	8	9.0%	87^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	4	1.9%	51^st
2013 Jul-Sep	200	4	2.0%	62^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	30	21.9%	99^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	2	1.4%	39^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	21	9.6%	90^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	4	2.7%	70^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	54^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	1	0.7%	25^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	6	2.5%	71^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	3	2.2%	63^rd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	4	2.3%	69^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	44^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	2	1.0%	31^st
2016 Jul-Sep	216	9	4.2%	80^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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