Rep. John Conyers

Democrat  •  14th District, Michigan  •  23rd Term  •  Sworn In 1965
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 96%
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11/11/09
Daily News: Federal Safe-Patient-Handling Bill Introduced

The bill is a companion measure to HR 2381, introduced into the House of Representatives in May by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.

Source: Nurse.com
11/10/09
Health Reform Looks Like An Old Western Movie

Rep. John Conyers, the veteran congressman from Detroit, also fired a shot not at the Senate but at the president himself. Essentially, Conyers told the ...

Source: The Moderate Voice
11/10/09
RE: John Conyers

John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) issued a public statement opposing the vote on the grounds that Single-Payer had not received an ...

Source: Green Party US (press release)
11/10/09
Health Reform Looks Like An Old Western Movie

...fire a silver bullet by sending Tonto disguised as former President Bill Clinton to the Senate today to rally the troops. Rep. John Conyers, the veteran congressman from Detroit, also fired a shot not at the Senate but at the president himself. Essentia

11/09/09
Michigan representatives split on health care reform

...the mortgage or their health insurance premium," said Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, the lead sponsor of the legislation. John Conyers, D-Detroit, said in a statement Saturday: "While the bill is far from perfect, I supported it because it will expand

11/09/09
Biden stops in Detroit to fundraise and grab a Coney dog

Among those attending the event were Congressmen John Dingell and John Conyers, along with billionaires Al Taubman and Manuel "Matty" Maroun. ...

Source: The Detroit News
11/09/09
RE: John Conyers

AP Veteran US Rep. John Conyers is urging President Barack Obama to get tough with those senators he says are standing in the way of passing legislation ...

Source: Detroit Free Press
11/09/09
RE: John Conyers

Among those attending the $1000-a-plate function ($5000 for VIP seats) is Michigan Democratic Congressman John Conyers. Conyers tells WWJ's Vickie Thomas ...

Source: WWJ
11/09/09
RE: John Conyers

Such legislation has been introduced in the House by three powerful Congressmen: John Conyers of Michigan, Jerrold Nadler of New York and Robert Scott of ...

Source: truthout
11/09/09
RE: John Conyers

This year, Representatives John Conyers, of Michigan, Jerrold Nadler, of New York, and Bobby Scott, of Virginia, all Democrats, have introduced a bill, ...

Source: People's Weekly World
11/09/09
Advice for Obama: 'Start knocking heads' on health

...together. "The president could take a few pages from Lyndon Johnson's book...and start knocking heads together," said Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Conyers, who spoke to reporters in Detroit, first came to Congre

Source: Deseret News
11/09/09
Conyers to Obama: 'Start knocking heads' on health

...together. "The president could take a few pages from Lyndon Johnson’s book...and start knocking heads together," said Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Conyers, who spoke to reporters in Detroit, first came to Cong

Source: Boston Herald
11/09/09
Conyers to Obama: Get tough over health care

...U.S. Rep. John Conyers is urging President Barack Obama to get tough with those senators he says are standing in the way of passing legislation designed to overhaul the nations health care system. The Detroit Democrat said today the president could take

11/09/09
Conyers to Obama: 'Start Knocking Heads Together' on Health Care Overhaul

... DETROIT, MI (Associated Press) - Veteran U.S. Rep. John Conyers is urging President Barack Obama to get tough with those senators he says are standing in the way of passing legislation designed to overhaul the nation's health care system. The De

11/09/09
RE: John Conyers

AP Veteran US Rep. John Conyers is urging President Barack Obama to get tough with those senators he says are standing in the way of passing legislation ...

Source: Detroit Free Press
11/09/09
RE: John Conyers

... pay the mortgage or their health insurance premium," said Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, the lead sponsor of the legislation. John Conyers, D-Detroit, ...

Source: The Detroit News
11/09/09
RE: John Conyers

AP Veteran US Rep. John Conyers is urging President Barack Obama to get tough with those senators he says are standing in the way of passing legislation ...

Source: Detroit Free Press
11/09/09
RE: John Conyers

Among those attending the $1000-a-plate function ($5000 for VIP seats) is Michigan Democratic Congressman John Conyers. Conyers tells WWJ's Vickie Thomas ...

Source: WWJ
11/09/09
RE: John Conyers

... pay the mortgage or their health insurance premium," said Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, the lead sponsor of the legislation. John Conyers, D-Detroit, ...

Source: The Detroit News
11/08/09
Is the House Health Care Bill Better than Nothing?

Two stalwarts of the single-payer movement split their votes; John Conyers voted for it; Dennis Kucinich against. Kucinich was right. ...

Source: Huffington Post (blog)
11/08/09
Michigan Democrats help health care bill squeak through House

Voting against the Stupak amendment were Democrats Dingell, Peters, Schauer, Carolyn Kilpatrick of Detroit, John Conyers of Detroit, Sander Levin of Royal ...

Source: The Detroit News
11/08/09
RE: John Conyers

Two stalwarts of the single-payer movement split their votes; John Conyers voted for it; Dennis Kucinich against. Kucinich was right. ...

Source: Huffington Post (blog)
11/07/09
RE: John Conyers

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. ...

Source: True/Slant
11/07/09
RE: John Conyers

My group personally encountered John Conyers in the hall. We managed to surround him and question him about the Total control bill (aka health care). ...

Source: Examiner.com
11/06/09
Roundtable Discussion Gathers Congressional Black Caucus Members

Andre Carson (Ind.) Carson was voted in to his first full term in Congress last November. He serves on the Financial Services Committee. John Conyers (Mich. ...

Source: iBerkshires.com
11/06/09
Lawmaker trips questioned

By far, the most frequent traveler was Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, who has taken seven trips paid by outside groups this year. He did not travel with his ...

Source: The Detroit News
11/05/09
Smith Requests Waiver For Royalties Meet

Patrick Leahy and Rep. John Conyers and committee members to request a Senate ethics waiver. Smith is a two-term Senator from Oregon who left office in 2008 ...

Source: Radio Ink
11/05/09
RE: John Conyers

Rep. John Conyers of Michigan has procured NFL medical records for a House panel investigation | Mark Bergin Associated Press/Photo by Charles Dharapak A ...

Source: World Magazine
11/05/09
BARB ARRIGO: Your (and your neighbors') health coverage

...Rep. John Dingell has a commentary today on the upcoming vote on health care insurance. Hes obviously, and for good reason, extremely invested in its passing. But what I wanted to add here is a link to estimates of the health care situation in Michigan

11/05/09
RE: John Conyers

Conyers, the wife of US Rep. John Conyers, a Detroit Democrat, faces up to 5 years in prison. Jackson, who also pleaded guilty to bribery, ...

Source: Detroit Free Press

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Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-5126
Fax: 202-225-0072

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