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July 06, 2008 BIA pressed on freedmen status

Diane Watson, D-Calif., the most vocal critic of the Cherokee Nation in Congress, and John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., the chairman of the House Judiciary ...

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Source: Tulsa World, OK


July 06, 2008 Op-Ed: Sludge and Detroit's political muck

Among the Detroit Council members are 1990s congresswoman Barbara-Rose Collins and Monica Conyers, wife of US Rep. John Conyers. ...

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Source: Traverse City Record Eagle, MI


July 04, 2008 Daniel Howes

The council's president pro tem -- Monica Conyers, wife of the House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Detroit -- is said to be under ...

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Source: DetNews.com, MI


July 04, 2008 Civility class act

Mrs. Conyers - the wife of Rep. John Conyers - kept interrupting Mr. Cockrel while he tried to question a witness. Mr. Cockrel finally resorted to banging ...

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Source: Washington Times, DC


July 04, 2008 Rove Refuses House Judiciary Subpoena

By kklonick - July 4, 2008, 1:41PM Just last week, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) subpoenaed a big chunk of the Bush Administration to talk to ...

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Source: TPM, NY


July 04, 2008 House Judiciary Panel Threatens Rove With Contempt Charges

Washington, DC (AHN) - House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) threatened to charge former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove with ...

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Source: AHN


July 03, 2008 Conyers threatens contempt charges for Rove

... over the congressional testimony of top White House aides continued on Thursday when House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich. ...

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Source: The Hill, DC


July 03, 2008 House Judiciary committee: Rove is not immune from testifying.

John Conyers (D-MI) and Linda Sanchez (D-CA) reject the offer: We want to make clear that the Subcommittee will convene as scheduled and expects Mr. Rove to ...

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Source: Think Progress, DC


July 03, 2008 Rove threatened with contempt of Congress

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., issued the ultimatum after Rove's lawyers turned down a subpoena issued by the subcommittee looking into allegations of ...

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Source: United Press International


July 03, 2008 Rove Refuses To Appear Before House Judiciary Panel

Rove's refusal to respond to a Judiciary Committee subpoena drew a stern response from Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. ...

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Source: CBS News, NY


July 02, 2008 DOJ v. ‘Wackos

... of the US Department of Justice is continuing with House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers issuing a June 27 subpoena to the Justice Department. ...

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Source: Jackson Free Press, MS


July 02, 2008 Very Retiring Republicans

by Fred Barnes Democrats John Conyers, John Dingell, and Charles Rangel were in the wilderness from 1994 to 2006, the years of Republican rule of the House ...

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Source: The Weekly Standard


July 02, 2008 Teflon brothers: Barack and Kwame

Implicated so far include Councilwomen Talabi, Collins and Conyers, the latter of which is the wife of Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the powerful ...

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Source: WorldNetDaily, OR


July 02, 2008 Conyers keynote at annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner

They are flanked by local and state elected officials, as well as guest speaker Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, ...

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Source: Alexandria Times, VA


July 01, 2008 It's Never Dull in Detroit

And council member Monica Conyers, wife of US Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., is reportedly one target in the current federal investigation, with federal agents ...

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Source: Bond Buyer (subscription), NY


July 01, 2008 DEA to answer queries on med-pot raids

US Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has fielded numerous complaints and requests for hearings on the matter, ...

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Source: El Dorado Hills Telegraph, CA


June 30, 2008 US House subpoenas Wecht case documents

Rep. John Conyers Jr., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter Friday to Attorney General Michael Mukasey. "It is unfortunate that we find ...

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Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA


June 30, 2008 Plame case documents subpoenaed

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers said the subpoena is warranted in light of many prior requests for the documents. ...

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Source: Baltimore Sun, United States


June 30, 2008 R&B legend's generous show illustrates the breadth and depth of a ...

There were midconcert speeches from Jesse Jackson and US Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), and a plaque from Mayor Daley. There were cameo leads by two of his ...

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Source: Chicago Tribune, United States


June 30, 2008 No Pryor restraint on Nader

Longtime Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., was about to speak when he stopped to demand Ross silence the ex-lawmaker, who House aides said was former Rep. ...

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Source: Log Cabin Democrat, AR


June 27, 2008 I Hate to Say We Saw it Coming, But

Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and John Conyers have said they favor launching the impeachment process if the Bush administration attacks Iran. ...

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Source: American Chronicle, CA


June 27, 2008 Put impeachment back on the table

... into possible violations of this administration are Pelosi and House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, both I suspect, influenced by the Israeli lobby. ...

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Source: Concord Monitor, NH


June 27, 2008 Performance rights bill advances in House

"The current system is not fair and must be changed," Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat who is chairman of the Judiciary Committee to which the bill ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


June 27, 2008 House panel seeks Bush transcript in CIA leak case

Michigan Democrat John Conyers heads the House Judiciary Committee and signed the subpoena. It's part of a Democratic investigation into what if anything ...

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Source: WLNS, MI


June 27, 2008 Obama, change & reparations will make US better

... under collaborative efforts including, among others, Rep. John Conyers and the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'CORBA). ...

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Source: Blinq, PA


June 27, 2008 Momentum Building For Bugliosi's Case Against George W. Bush For ...

... between Vince and an audience member in which Vince reveals his recent conversation with Congressman John Conyers and Conyers' support for Vince. ...

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Source: OpEdNews, PA


June 27, 2008 House Panel Subpoenas Official in Leak Case

Signed by the Judiciary Committee chairman, Representative John Conyers Jr., Democrat of Michigan, the subpoena requests all documents from the office of ...

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Source: New York Times, United States


June 27, 2008 Plastic Treachery

John Conyers' Credit Card Fair Fee Act, soon to be marked up in the House of Representatives, is falsely advertized as being all about populism and stopping ...

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Source: Investor's Business Daily (subscription)


June 27, 2008 Conyers Subpoenas DOJ for Plame-Leak Documents

By Jason Leopold House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers issued a subpoena to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday demanding a wide-range of ...

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Source: The Public Record, California


June 27, 2008 House panel seeks Bush transcript in CIA leak case

Signed by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., the subpoena requests all documents from the office of former Special Counsel Patrick J. ...

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Source: The Associated Press


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