Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Timothy H. Bishop
Timothy Bishop was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 2003, who voted with most Democrats on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5122 Railroad Hours of Service Employees Technical Corrections ActNov 17, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 5554 Helping Wounded Warriors Cover Medical Expenses ActSep 18, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5410 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 New York Avenue in Sound Beach, New York, as the "John Moerlins Post Office".Sep 8, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 4233 To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter and Corporal Jonathan Yale of the Marine Corps for…Jun 20, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 4722 EEZ Clarification ActMay 30, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- 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.…Became law
- 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…Became law
- 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…Became law
- 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 Office".Became law
- H.R. 2744 (110th) Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 2452 (110th) Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1721 (109th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4715 (111th) Clean Estuaries Act of 2010Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bishop has won
Rep. Bishop has won 6 U.S. House elections (2002–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.3 to 22.9 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has New York’s 1st district done while Rep. Bishop served?
2005 to 2011 in NY-1: typical household income was down 5% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.1 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in New York’s 1st district during Bishop’s time representing it (2003 to 2015). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. NY-1 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2003 to 2015.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 21 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 21 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 20 | See the 20 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 113th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.