EMUJeff
February 18th, 2008, 3:14 pm
In an attempt to better understand the players in the Michigan State Legislature, I have decided to add the official biographies of the House and Senate leadership. Mike Bishop is currently the Senate Majority Leader.
EMUJeff
Michael D. Bishop is in his final term as the state Senator representing the cities of Auburn Hills, Keego Harbor, Lake Angelus, Sylvan Lake, Pontiac, Rochester and Rochester Hills, and the townships of Addison, Independence, Oakland, Orion and Oxford. Before being elected to represent the citizens of Senate District 12, Mike Bishop served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Following the 2006 election, Mike Bishop was nominated by his caucus, and chosen by his peers, to be the leader of the Senate. As head of the Republican Caucus, Senator Bishop directs the agenda and is the lead spokesman for GOP policies in Michigan.
As a husband, father of three, and life-long resident of Michigan, Senator Bishop is focused on making the state an attractive place for families to live and companies to invest. Since taking office in January, Senator Bishop and his colleagues have worked to implement an agenda based upon the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, and common-sense values.
Senator Bishop's top priorities are first, resolving the budget crisis for the current and following fiscal years; lowering the cost of health care for Michigan families; replacing the state's job-killing business tax; consolidating and restructuring state government to find savings; and, finally, protecting our cherished natural resources from the degradation of pollution and out-of-state trash.
This is Bishop's second four-year term in the Senate. In the 93rd Legislature, he was assistant majority leader and chaired the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee and was vice chair of the Gaming & Casino Oversight and Judiciary committees. As majority leader he chairs the Government Operations Committee. His new committee is charged with recommending to the full Senate whether to accept or reject Governor Granholm's appointments to state agencies and commissions.
During his four-year tenure (1999-2003) in the House, then-Representative Bishop served as vice chairman of the Commerce Committee and as a member of the committees on Energy & Technology, Criminal Justice and Redistricting & Elections. He was also appointed to chair the Commerce Subcommittee on Banking & Finance, the Congressional Redistricting Subcommittee and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
An attorney by trade, Bishop is licensed to practice law in the state of Michigan, the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Supreme Court. He also has a realtor's license and served as president of his own realty firm.
The senator resides in the city of Rochester with his wife, Cristina, and their three children, Benjamin, Gabriella and Nathan.
EMUJeff
Michael D. Bishop is in his final term as the state Senator representing the cities of Auburn Hills, Keego Harbor, Lake Angelus, Sylvan Lake, Pontiac, Rochester and Rochester Hills, and the townships of Addison, Independence, Oakland, Orion and Oxford. Before being elected to represent the citizens of Senate District 12, Mike Bishop served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Following the 2006 election, Mike Bishop was nominated by his caucus, and chosen by his peers, to be the leader of the Senate. As head of the Republican Caucus, Senator Bishop directs the agenda and is the lead spokesman for GOP policies in Michigan.
As a husband, father of three, and life-long resident of Michigan, Senator Bishop is focused on making the state an attractive place for families to live and companies to invest. Since taking office in January, Senator Bishop and his colleagues have worked to implement an agenda based upon the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, and common-sense values.
Senator Bishop's top priorities are first, resolving the budget crisis for the current and following fiscal years; lowering the cost of health care for Michigan families; replacing the state's job-killing business tax; consolidating and restructuring state government to find savings; and, finally, protecting our cherished natural resources from the degradation of pollution and out-of-state trash.
This is Bishop's second four-year term in the Senate. In the 93rd Legislature, he was assistant majority leader and chaired the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee and was vice chair of the Gaming & Casino Oversight and Judiciary committees. As majority leader he chairs the Government Operations Committee. His new committee is charged with recommending to the full Senate whether to accept or reject Governor Granholm's appointments to state agencies and commissions.
During his four-year tenure (1999-2003) in the House, then-Representative Bishop served as vice chairman of the Commerce Committee and as a member of the committees on Energy & Technology, Criminal Justice and Redistricting & Elections. He was also appointed to chair the Commerce Subcommittee on Banking & Finance, the Congressional Redistricting Subcommittee and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
An attorney by trade, Bishop is licensed to practice law in the state of Michigan, the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Supreme Court. He also has a realtor's license and served as president of his own realty firm.
The senator resides in the city of Rochester with his wife, Cristina, and their three children, Benjamin, Gabriella and Nathan.