Rep. Timothy Bishop

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2014 Report Card for Bishop.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Bishop is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Bishop sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 11, 2014. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Bishop was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 3912 (112th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the “Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post …
• H.R. 14 (112th): MAP-21
• H.R. 3250 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York, as the “Private First Class Garfield M. …
• H.R. 3921 (110th): Procedural Fairness for September 11 Victims Act of 2007
• H.R. 4101 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, as the “Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post …
• H.R. 4427 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 73 South Euclid Avenue in Montauk, New York, as the “Perry B. Duryea, Jr. Post …

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Does 6 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Bishop sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Education (22%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (17%) Taxation (17%) Armed Forces and National Security (15%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Commerce (6%) Environmental Protection (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Bishop recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 5554 (113th): Helping Wounded Warriors Cover Medical Expenses Act
• H.R. 5410 (113th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at …
• H.R. 5122 (113th): Railroad Hours of Service Employees Technical Corrections Act
• H.R. 4722 (113th): EEZ Clarification Act
• H.R. 4511 (113th): Protecting Students From Automatic Default Act of 2014
• H.R. 4233 (113th): To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to …
• H.R. 3869 (113th): Fluke Fairness Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Dec 2014, Bishop missed 198 of 8,776 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2014. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

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

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills