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Michael Dean Bishop

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEREPUBLICAN2015–2019ID B001293
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LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Dems
of 1,802 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
4%with Dems
of 1,802 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
2015 → 2017
still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓2015
2017–18115th Congress
Sat as a Republican
4.5%with Democrats
of 822 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 2015 → 2017, +1 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

1 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 21, 2018S. 3628National Flood Insurance Program Extention ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018H.Con.Res. 148Correct Enrollment to S. 3628LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Dec 21, 2018H.R. 7388National Flood Insurance Program Competition and Extension Act of 2018LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 2018S. 3456To redesignate Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge as the Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018H.R. 62879/11 Memorial ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018S. 1934Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection ActLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 21, 2018S. 512Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018S. 3247Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic and Empowerment ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 822 contested votes scored in the 115th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Congress0% · 505 votes
Economics and Public Finance6.4% · 375 votes
Armed Forces and National Security5% · 141 votes
Government Operations and Politics0.8% · 132 votes
Finance and Financial Sector1.1% · 95 votes
Environmental Protection0% · 61 votes
Energy2.1% · 47 votes
Law2.2% · 46 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources2.3% · 43 votes
Taxation0% · 43 votes
Health0% · 40 votes
Transportation and Public Works17.5% · 40 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 23 votes
Education4.3% · 23 votes
Science, Technology, Communications0% · 18 votes
Water Resources Development5.6% · 18 votes
Immigration0% · 15 votes
Labor and Employment0% · 15 votes
Emergency Management15.4% · 13 votes
Agriculture and Food0% · 12 votes
International Affairs0% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Housing and Community Development— · 9 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commerce— · 4 votes
Native Americans— · 4 votes
Animals— · 2 votes

They also voted in 3 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Families, Sports and Recreation.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

2 Congresses
114th · 2015115th · 2017
Republican · House · MI114th–115th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Michael Dean Bishop

Representative from Michigan
HOUSER2015–20192 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
3.9%with Democrats
of 1,802 votes · 96.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested4%of 1,802 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts2015→17, as a Republican

Career arc

10050020152017
2017–18 · 115th · Republican · of 822 votes4.5%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 822 contested votes scored in the 115th

By policy area

career
Congress0% · 505
Economics and Public Finance6.4% · 375
Armed Forces and National Security5% · 141
Government Operations and Politics0.8% · 132
Finance and Financial Sector1.1% · 95
Environmental Protection0% · 61
Energy2.1% · 47
Law2.2% · 46
Public Lands and Natural Resources2.3% · 43
Taxation0% · 43
Health0% · 40
Transportation and Public Works17.5% · 40
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 23
Education4.3% · 23
Science, Technology, Communications0% · 18
Water Resources Development5.6% · 18
Immigration0% · 15
Labor and Employment0% · 15
Emergency Management15.4% · 13
Agriculture and Food0% · 12
International Affairs0% · 12
Housing and Community Development— · 9
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5
Social Welfare— · 5
Commerce— · 4
Native Americans— · 4
Animals— · 2

Also voted in 3 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Families, Sports and Recreation.

Service record

114th · 2015115th · 2017
Republican114th–115th

Party switchers

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