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All Rights Reserved. 11/23/2009 7:11:46 PM 20 Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop welcomes Senator Michael Nofs to the Senate. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20091110_Bishop_Nofs.mp411/10/2009 http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20091104_Bishop_Welcomes_Nofs.mp411/4/2009Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop was on site to lend a hand with this year's MMAP wheel chair ramp building project in Sterling Heights this summer. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/2009_MMAP.mp410/8/2009Michigan State Senator Michael Bishop describes in part 2 of this interview the agreements with the Speaker of the House and the governor's attempted derailment of the process. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20091007_Bishop_BudgetP2.mp410/7/2009Michigan State Senator Michael Bishop describes the agreements with the Speaker of the House and the governor's attempted derailment of the process. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20091001_Bishop_Budget_Update.mp410/1/2009After Democrats withheld votes to grant immediate effect to several budgets bills, bringing the state closer to shut down, Michigan State Senator Michael Bishop gave Democrats the opportunity to vote for $800 million in tax increases they proposed in Senate Bill 798. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20090930_Bishop_SB798.mp49/30/2009Michigan State Senator Mike Bishop refutes ridiculous accusations by Senate Democrats that members simply want the weekend off. He reminds Democrats that the Senate Republicans passed its budget on June 26 while the Democrats introduced no legislation whatsoever of their own prior to the week of September 14; and then offered only tax increases. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20090925_Bishop_Continuation.mp49/25/2009Michigan State Senator Michael Bishop urges Senate members to all participate in the budget process in a positive manner and that casting stones from the sidelines can only hurt the citizens of Michigan by slowing the process down further. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20090917_Bishop_Budget.mp49/17/2009Michigan State Senator Michael Bishop sponsored and the Michigan Senate passed Senate Resolution 72 on August 18, 2009. This resolution designates September 11th - 17th each year as Michigan Patriot Week. September 17th is Constitution Day. During this week, citizens are encourages to remember those who have fallen for our country and to read and share with family and friends the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and other documents that spell out the liberty we enjoy as a free nation. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20090911_Bishop_Patriot_Week.mp49/11/2009Michigan State Senator Michael Bishop reveals the catch behind the federal stimulus dollars for unemployment benefits extension. While the federal government will provide Michigan with stimulus funding to cover most of two years of the extension, they require the state continue funding the extensions forever, with zero additional federal dollars. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20090624_Bishop_Statement.mp46/24/2009Michigan Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop sponsored the Resolution asking the federal government for a waiver from the many onerous restrictions placed on the stimulus funds being given Michigan so the state can run its own budget without interference from Washington and do what's best for our own economic recovery. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20090616_Bishop_SR62.mp46/16/2009Michigan State Senators Michael Bishop, Wayne Kuipers and Alan Cropsey speak at a press conference held today at the Capitol to announce legislation that will help lower recidivism and reduce costs of incarceration while maintaining safety for Michigan citizens. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20090428_DOC_Reform_PC.mp44/28/2009Michigan Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop refutes the attempt by some Senators who try to deliberately confuse voters by claiming that stopping property tax increases while property values are in decline is the same as a tax cut. He again emphasizes that there is no decrease in the tax or revenue to the state, only a prevention of an increase. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20090318_Bishop_SJRH.mp43/18/2009Michigan State Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop exposes and dispels false claims made on the Senate floor that SJR-H will cut property taxes in Michigan, leaving the state strapped for revenue. He explains that the resolution will simply keep property taxes from increasing during a period when State Equalized Value of private property decreases. The resolution does not reduce taxes, but rather stops yet another tax increase at a time when home owners can least afford it. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20090317_Bishop_SJR-H.mp43/17/2009Michigan Senate majority Leader Michael Bishop asks Senate members to put politics aside and do what is right for Michigan. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20090129_Bishop_MBT.mp41/29/2009The bill, which passed the Senate, would repeal the surcharge in the onerous Michigan Business Tax and provide badly needed relief for the state's job providers. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20081008_Bishop_SB1242.mp410/8/2008Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop addresses economic issues in a statement on the Senate floor. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20080925_Bishop_Statement.mp49/25/2008Senate Majority Leader Michael D. Bishop's comments from the Senate floor. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20080911_Bishop_911_SMCO_iTunes.mp49/11/2008Senator Bishop recognizes the leadership of Senate Natural Resources Committee Chairwoman Patty Birkholz and applauds the bipartisan effort that went into crafting the legislation. The bills now move the Governor's desk to be signed into law. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20080625_Bishop_Cmpct_Pass.mp46/25/2008Sen Birkholz announces legislation that will help preserve more land for recreation use in Michigan. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20080421_Birkholz_Woldumar_.mp44/22/2008Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop comments about the Democratic Primary situation, and urges the national and state Democratic parties to quickly agree on a solution. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20080320_Bishop_Primary.mp43/20/2008Senator Michael Bishop (R-Rochester) lays out the Senate Republican agenda for 2008 in a broadcast that aired on state wide television. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20080129_Republican_Ipod.mp41/30/2008Senator Michael Bishop (R-Rochester) expresses his optimism in how much the Governor's speech resembled the Senate Republican agenda for 2008. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20080129_Bishop_Live_iPod.mp41/29/2008The Senate Republican members each speak on issues they will guide through the legislature to help bring Michigan back to being a national leader in technology, environment and business. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20080124_Republican_AgendaI.mp41/24/2008Senator Michael Bishop (R-Rochester), Senator Wayne Kuipers (R-Holland) and Senator Roger Kahn (R-Saginaw) introduce a plan to bring clean alternatives to energy in Michigan that will help protect the environment and bring new jobs to our state. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20080122_Clean_Energy_PC_iP.mp41/22/2008Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop comments on SR132, a resolution commemorating December 16 as "Michigan POW/MIA Recognition Day". http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20071213_Bishop_POW-MIA.mp412/13/2007Senator Bishop announces a comprehensive package of bills that will protect the Great Lakes, promote green energy, expand recycling and reduce out-of-state waste brought into Michigan. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/10/24/2007Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop (R-Rochester) asks the Governor to enact the temporary continuation budget passed by the Senate on September 17th that would avert a government shutdown while negotiations continue. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/9/27/2007Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop (R-Rochester) reminds the Senate that the bill sent from the House contained little to nothing before the Senate took the leadership role and acted to produce an entire budget rather than simply politicize it. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20070923_Bishop_Budget_iPod.mp49/23/2007On the sixth anniversary of the day that terrorists struck the United States, a bipartisan group of state senators unveiled a comprehensive legislative package requiring state funds be divested from companies engaging in business with terrorist countries. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/video/12/20070911_Bishop_Divestiture_iPod.mp49/11/2007