WASHINGTON – When U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop secured a seat on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee in 2003, the now dean of the Georgia Legislative delegation was smart enough to know he needed someone with inside information to help him navigate the often tricky path of the vital committee that determines life-blood funding to the Georgia residents he represented and, in fact, the entire country.
At the urging of a colleague, Bishop reached out to Michael Joseph Reed, a veteran Washington insider who would become Bishop’s “right-hand man for appropriations” and, more importantly, a close friend.
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