Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Macon) is still the focus of attention over his Monday vote in favor of the Wall Street bailout/rescue. He and Sanford Bishop were the only members of the Georgia delegation to support it. This is from...
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Despite last-minute cover offered by former U.S House speaker Newt Gingrich, Georgia’s congressional delegation — both right and left — voted solidly against the $700 billion plan to rescue Wall Street. Democrats Jim Marshall of Macon and Sanford Bishop of...
Southwest Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Congressman Sanford Bishop, who represents Georgia’s second district, is reminding farmers of an important upcoming deadline for disaster assistance programs.
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
He’s just started speaking. Main theme: “I want to put the American Dream in the reach of every American.” U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson and Sanford Bishop are here as well. Obama had kind words for U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga., June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Georgia Health Care Association and the American Health Care Association (AHCA) today praised Senators Saxby Chambliss (R) and Johnny Isakson (R) and Representatives Sanford Bishop (D-2), John Barrow (D-12), and David Scott (D-13) for helping lead a bipartisan efforts in the U.S.
Peach Pundit (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop’s wife, Vivian, believes skepticism of her support for Hillary Clinton kept her from going to Denver as a DNC Delegate, the Albany Herald is reporting. “There were some comments from those in my opponent's camp, that they didn't believe I was truly a supporter,” she said. Sanford Bishop himself is co-chair of Obama’s [...]
Georgia Politics Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
1st Congressional District: Jack Kingston, Republican: $831,210 net cash on hand Bill Gillespie, Democrat: $4,608 net cash on hand 2nd Congressional District Sanford Bishop, Democrat: $443,524 net cash on hand 3rd Congressional District Lynn Westmoreland, Republican: $549,347 net cash on hand 4th Congressional District Hank Johnson, Democrat: $94,278 net cash on hand 5th Congressional District Markel...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
Congress.org has released its first round of Congressional power rankings for 2007 and five Georgia Congressmen have placed in the top third on the list. Democrats John Lewis (23rd), Jim Marshall (80th), John Barrow (90th), David Scott (103rd), and Sanford Bishop (122nd) topped the list of Georgia's most influential members of Congress with John Lewis having the highest rank of any member, both in...
Liberal Blogosphere (Free subscription) | 02/13/2008
Only four members of the Congressional Black Caucus voted to authorize the war in Iraq. There was William 'Freezer Cash' Jefferson from New Orleans. There was Sanford Bishop, an appropriator from Albany, Georgia. There was the present chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, Harold Ford Jr., of Memphis, Tennessee. And there was Albert Wynn, from the 4th District of Maryland. After tonight, only...
Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 02/01/2008
The following Congressmen and Congresswomen have scored very well in the Cuba issue scorecard released today by the Latin American Working Group : Thomas Allen, Brian Bird, Tammy Baldwin, Xavier Becerra, Howard Berman, Marion Berry, Sanford Bishop, Timothy Bishop, Earl Blumenauer, Leonard Boswell, Rick Boucher, Robert Brady, Lois Capps, Michael Capuano, Julia Carson, Donna Christensen, William Clay,...
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
The wife of U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop was accosted this week because of her support for Hillary Clinton, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer is reporting today. Sanford Bishop is supporting Obama. But Vivian Creighton Bishop, a municipal court clerk in Columbus, is...
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
Today's New York Times prominently displays a photo of U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop and his wife, Vivian Creighton Bishop. The Georgia couple are cited by the newspaper as an example of the way the Clinton-Obama contest has split families. Bishop...
Moultrie Observer--Local News (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Rep. Sanford Bishop and Phoebe Putney Hospital announced Monday that the fiscal year 2008 federal Defense Appropriations bill includes $1.6 million to help construct a “Regional Center of Excellence” to develop technologies for and treat sufferers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 12/04/2007
In an election cycle where many incumbents are feeling the gut-tightening issue of job insecurity, two Georgia congressmen are feeling confident enough about their elections in 2008 to give away thousands of their campaign dollars. Rep. Sanford Bishop an Albany...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 11/30/2007
After 39 years of working as a nurse in Southwest Georgia, Susie Smith believes she’s earned the right to speak out about health care reform. That's one reason why she hosted a screening of "Sicko" — the health care documentary by the controversial director of the anti-Bush administration film "Fahrenheit 9-11" — and invited Congressman Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, along. "I think that we have to get...
