2009-11-08T00:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/blog/400080 tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-08:/commentary/6616000 2009-11-08T00:00:00Z MuslimMatters.org One bill which would accomplish this and other laudable goals is H.R. 3845 sponsored by Congressman John Conyers. Learn more about the bill and urge others to do so, too. Bookmark and Share. Tagged as: charity, Deoband, gifts, HR 3845, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2009/11/08/open-thread-sunday-11-8-2009/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-08:/commentary/6623243 2009-11-08T00:00:00Z Once Upon a Time... I discussed this issue in the final section of &quot;Those Who Enable the Triumph of Evil,&quot; where I excerpted David Swanson&#39;s painful and detailed examination of how and why John Conyers, once an admirable politician in many ways, ... “We did w<br /><br /><a href="http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2009/11/fuck-you-act.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-08:/commentary/6623244 2009-11-08T00:00:00Z freedom's right John Conyers Jr. D MI-14. Jim Cooper D TN-5. Jerry F. Costello D IL-12. Elijah E. Cummings D MD-7. Lois Capps D CA-23. Michael E. Capuano D MA-8. Joseph Crowley D NY-7. William Lacy Clay D MO-1. Dennis Cardoza D CA-18. Jim Costa D CA-20 ...<br /><br /><a href="http://freedomsright.blogspot.com/2009/11/people-to-vote-out-in-2010-that-voter.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-07:/commentary/6611610 2009-11-07T00:00:00Z Connecticut Watchdog Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the co-authors of H.R. 676, that they do not think that this is the right time for a vote on national single-payer legislation. Although they claimed effective outreach so far, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://ctwatchdog.com/2009/11/07/house-leaders-whip-democrats-to-ok-health-reform-bill">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-07:/commentary/6611611 2009-11-07T00:00:00Z Once Upon a Time... Every effort has been made to bury an excellent bill, HR 676, offered up by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), which would cover every American by simply expanding Medicare to cover everyone. The only proper response at this point is obstruction ...<br /><br /><a href="http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2009/11/tribalism-and-destructive-politics-of.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-07:/commentary/6611613 2009-11-07T00:00:00Z Abortion There is no federal money for abortion services in the health care reform ... I don&#39;t know about the, I&#39;d have to look up an Indian portion. No, I&#39;m not.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wisdomofabortion.com/abortions/rep-john-conyers-jr-d-mi-calls-on-obama-to-keep-promise-not-to-fund-abortions-in-health-bill">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-07:/commentary/6611614 2009-11-07T00:00:00Z DownWithTyranny! John Conyers [D-MI] Jerry Costello [D-IL] Danny Davis [D-IL] Peter DeFazio [D-OR] William Delahunt [D-MA] Lloyd Doggett [D-TX] John Duncan [R-TN] Donna Edwards [D-MD] Keith Ellison [D-MN] Sam Farr [D-CA] Chaka Fattah [D-PA] ...<br /><br /><a href="http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/11/senate-prepares-to-back-another-obama.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-07:/commentary/6611616 2009-11-07T00:00:00Z Crooks and Liars From Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and John Conyers. Dear Friends,. We thank you for your continued devotion to the cause of health care for All Americans. We have worked together for many years to write, promote and campaign for HR676, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/mean-jean-schmidt-rails-against-healt">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-07:/commentary/6615997 2009-11-07T00:00:00Z True/Slant Network Activity Kucinich, Weiner, and single-payer bill co-author Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) decided that having a vote on single payer at this time would not be productive. So they essentially agreed with the leadership to call it off. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://trueslant.com/zaidjilani/2009/11/07/the-house-of-representatives-calls-off-single-payer-vote/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-07:/commentary/6615999 2009-11-07T00:00:00Z lawlearning&#39;s blog Congress Questions Michigan Online Gambling BanOnline the game begins to seek support in Washington, as members of Congress go out of woodwork to express their support for legalized gambling and regulated on the Internet to be available ...<br /><br /><a href="http://lawlearning.vox.com/library/post/john-conyers-allies-with-online-gambling.html?_c=feed-atom">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-07:/commentary/6623242 2009-11-07T00:00:00Z AlterNet.org Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., also played an historically symbolic role in today&#39;s vote, gaveling the start of the proceedings. Like his father before him, who was also a congressman, Dingell has introduced a health-care reform bill every year ..... Joh<br /><br /><a href="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/politics/143812/house_of_representatives_passes_health-care_reform_bill_in_historic_vote">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/commentary/6596150 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z DemConWatch I called her office and they assured me her comments on Single Payer to the floor had referred to 676. The rumour is something about Single Payer is coming to the floor. Dennis Kucinich and John Conyers are not too thrilled with that. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.demconwatchblog.com/diary/2729/single-payer-to-the-floor-not">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/commentary/6596154 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z Care2 News Network But this vote is not more a real effort than John Conyers&#39; pseudo-impeachment hearing last July was a real effort to hold Bush accountable. This is a game and we are being played. There has been no debate, no discussion, no mark-up, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.care2.com/news/member/627573798/1295620">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/commentary/6601607 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z Politics “The bills attempt to remedy a problem that does not exist,” AHIP president and CEO Karen Ignagni complained in a letter to Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D) of Michigan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/11/06/healthcare-reform-obama-cut-private-deals-with-likely-foes/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/commentary/6601608 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z AFL-CIO NOW BLOG This system of health care injustice will not be able to endure forever. We are pledged to make sure of that. Sincerely, Congressmen John Conyers and Dennis Kucinich Dennis Kucinich is a Congressman (D) from Ohio. John Conyers is a ...<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/11/06/share-your-photos-from-the-fight-for-health-care/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/commentary/6601613 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z Corrente blogs From Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and John Conyers Tomorrow, the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider a single payer bill. As the two principal co-authors of the Conyers single payer bill, we want to offer a strong note of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.correntewire.com/weiner_lived_his_name_today">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/commentary/6601615 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z The Public Record ...on his Medicare for All bill. A press release from Congressmen Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (sponsor of HR 676, a single payer bill) opposing it helped tip the scale. But Weiner did not ask Pelosi to inclu<br /><br /><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TPR_ThePublicRecord/~3/uSCSJbnLrD0/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/commentary/6606873 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z Progressive Democrats of America Blog Washington, DC – Today, Representative John Conyers, Jr.(D – MI) released the following statement applauding the work of Representative Anthony Weiner (D-<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.pdamerica.org/2009/11/rep-conyers-applauds-rep-weiner-for-heroic-effort-to-further-the-cause-of-medicare-for-all/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/commentary/6606875 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z Texas Death Penalty Blog Hank Johnson (D-GA), along with Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers [D-MI], Crime Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Scott [D-VA], Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY] , Rep. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://texasdeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2009/11/rep-hank-johnson-introduces-bill-to.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/commentary/6611612 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z Working for Our Common Good Washington, DC – Today, Representative Anthony Weiner (D - Brooklyn and Queens), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, released the following statement on his decision to withdraw his single payer amendment to ... Last Night, Re<br /><br /><a href="http://ourcommongood.blogspot.com/2009/11/anthony-weiner-withdraws-his-single.html">Go to article</a>