John Conyers

With the Affordable Care Act Hanging by a Thread, It's Time for Single-Payer

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.21.2012

Progressives and all other rational human beings should ramp up their efforts to build the movement for single-payer and work to ignite the Occupy movement on this issue.

Read Post

GOP Admits It Lacks Votes for Afghan War; House to Vote on Drone Strikes, Afghan Exit & Indefinite Detention

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: John Conyers, Barbara Lee, Pakistan, Dennis Kucinich, Ndaa, Drone Strikes, Jim McGovern, Indefinite Detention, Afghanistan War, Congress Drone Strikes, Congress Drones, Congress NDAA, Obama Drones, World News

On Wednesday night, the House GOP leadership effectively conceded that they no longer have the votes in the House to sustain the current war policy in Afghanistan.

Read Post

House Moots Afghan Exit, Iran War, Military Budget, and 'Signature' Drone Strikes

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Barbara Lee, John Conyers, Congress, National Defense Authorization Act, War With Iran, Dennis Kucinich, Walter Jones, Drone Strikes, Jim McGovern, Afghanistan War, Military Budget, National Defense Authorization Act 2012, Politics News

According to the way the House operates, the authorization bill is the most open opportunity to challenge current policy. When the House considers the appropriations bill, amendments can be offered to cut money for specific programs.

Read Post

State Senator Faces Crowded Field In U.S. House Race

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Financial and Academic Reinvestment Commission, John Conyers, Senator Bert Johnson, Michigan 13th District, Bert Johnson, Elections 2012, Farc, Detroit News, MI-13 District Race, Rep. John Conyers, Detroit News

State Sen. Bert Johnson became the first candidate to officially file in the race for Michigan's newly redrawn 13th U.S. congressional district last w...

Read Whole Story

Conyers: GOP's Violence Against Women Act 'Is A Move Backwards'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Vawa Reauthorization, John Conyers, Violence Against Women Act, Video, Vawa, Immigrant Women, John Conyers Violence Against Women Act, Vawa Immigrants, Politics News

Five minutes into a House Judiciary Committee mark-up of the GOP's Violence Against Women Act, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) called the bill a "flat-out...

Read Whole Story

Attorney General Asked To Intervene In Detroit Again

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: John Conyers, Detroit Emergency Manager, Janice Winfrey, pa4, Public Act 4, Bert Johnson, Detroit News, Detroit Consent Agreement, Eric Holder, Detroit Politics, Video, Detroit News

Concerns about Michigan's emergency managers and potential voter suppression efforts compelled State Sen. Bert Johnson to send a letter to U.S. Attorn...

Read Whole Story

Declaration for Democracy

Sean Siperstein | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, John Conyers, Tom Udall, Democracy Is for People, Keith Ellison, Bernie Sanders, U.S. Constitution, Donna Edwards, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News

The grassroots movement for a constitutional amendment to return control over our democracy to We the People just got a big endorsement from more than a dozen members of the United States Congress.

Read Post

Time to Recognize Michigan Citizens Acting to Overturn the Undemocratic Emergency Manager Law

Patrick Geans-Ali | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: John Conyers, Detroit Emergency Manager, Public Act 4, Detroit Politics, Emergency Manager Law, Sugar Law Center, Detroit News

Even with the February 29 delivery of over 226,000 signatures to a petition to overturn Public Act 4, there has been another brave and bold attempt to overthrow the law.

Read Post

Detroit Congressman Wants U.S. To Bail Out City

HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: John Conyers, Detroit Emergency Manager, Hansen Clark, Rep. Hansen Clarke, Congressman Hansen Clarke, Mayor Dave Bing, Hanson Clarke, Detroit Congressman, Detroit Consent Agreement, Detroit Politics, Detroit News

The federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler is often called the "Detroit bailout." But while the Big Three automakers have become profitable ag...

Read Whole Story

Conyers Urges Obama to Nominate Jeff Sachs to Lead the World Bank

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Larry Summers, John Conyers, Timothy Geithner, Jeffrey Sachs, Wall Street, President Obama, World Bank, Jeffrey Sachs World Bank, Video, World News

Sachs' public and worldwide campaign to lead the World Bank is unprecedented, but is entirely appropriate to our time.

Read Post

The Movement Against Citizens United Continues to Build

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.05.2012

Serious grassroots work is afoot in states and municipalities across the country working to build the movement to pass an amendment striking down the Citizens United decision

Read Post

INFOGRAPHIC: See Why Dems Are Upset About Michigan's New Districts

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Michigan Redistricting, John Conyers, Video, Detroit Districts, Latino Politics, Voting Rights Act, Department of Justice, Southwest Detroit, Hansen Clarke, Rashida Tlaib, Gary Peters, Detroit News

The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Michigan's Republican-designed redistricting plan, despite complaints from Democrats and a lawsuit that al...

Read Whole Story

Bringing A Historic Civil Rights Trial To Life

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Dr. Sweet's Tinderbox, Kevin Boyle, John Conyers, Arc of Justice, Wright Museum, Segregation, Brenda Perryman, Ossian Sweet, Black History, Clarence Darrow, African-American History, Charles H. Wright Museum, Naacp, Civil Rights, Video, Detroit News

In 1925, Dr. Ossian Sweet, a successful African-American physician, moved his family into an all-white neighborhood on Detroit's east side. Soon after...

Read Whole Story

Detroit To Get Own Patent Office, 100 High Tech Jobs

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: US Patent Office Detroit, John Conyers, US Patent Office, Satellite Patent Office, US Patent and Trademark Office, Rep. John Conyers, Detroit Patent Office, Detroit News

A long-time-in-the-making satellite branch of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has finally found a home in Detroit. The former Stroh's brewery ...

Read Whole Story

Blame for Detroit's Problems Falls on You, the Voter

John K. Bennett | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Kwame Kilpatrick, Lonnie Bates, Monica Conyers, Detroit City Council, Kay Everett, Wayne County, Detroit, Robert Ficano, John Conyers, Jewel Ware, Detroit Voters, Detroit Politics, Detroit News

Go anywhere around the city, in the barbershops, around the water coolers at work and on local talk radio and the discussion regarding where to lay bl...

Read Post

Jesse Jackson Attacks Law That Lets Manager Fire Elected Officials

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Video, Detroit Emergency Manager, Michigan Emergency Manager, Public Act 4, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Stand Up for Democracy, Occupy Detroit, Jesse Jackson, Occupy Movement, Rick Snyder, EMERGENCY MANAGER, Detroit News

DETROIT -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson joined with U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) on Thursday to urge opposition to Michigan's emergency manager law. Jac...

Read Whole Story

Dems Protest Snyder's Emergency Manager Power Grab

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Detroit Emergency Manager, Michigan Emergency Manager, Public Act 4, Hansen Clarke, Petitions, Emergency Manager Law, Gary Peters, EMERGENCY MANAGER, Rick Snyder, Detroit News

Republican lawmakers in Lansing are working quickly to ensure Gov. Rick Snyder and his appointed emergency managers retain their power in local commun...

Read Whole Story

State High Court Considers Need For Speed In Emergency Manager Case

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Detroit Emergency Manager, Michigan Emergency Manager, Public Act 4, Emergency Manager Repeal, Sugar Law Center, Stand Up for Democracy, Emergency Manager Law, Rick Snyder, EMERGENCY MANAGER, Detroit News

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear briefs Wednesday for a case challenging the constitutionality of Public Act 4, the state's emergency manager law....

Read Whole Story

The Tax Hike Both Parties Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Ebay, Taxes, Marketplace Fairness Act, John Conyers, Internet, Congress, State Governments, Overstock, Tax Loopholes, Municipal Bankruptcies, State Budget Deficits, State Taxes, Online Shopping, Tax Hikes, Amazon, Business News

State governments, pushed to the brink of default, may finally get their way in a battle with Amazon.com. At a congressional hearing Wednesday, repres...

Read Whole Story

ERROR 404: Congress Wants To Break The Internet

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Google, Trial Lawyers, John Conyers, Internet, Video, Piracy, Lamar Smith, Record Labels, Copyright, Internet Censorship, Mpaa, Protect IP, Sopa, Pharma, Hollywood, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- At a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans joined together to voice support for legislation that would ...

Read Whole Story

House Republicans Move Forward With Subpoena Effort On Immigration

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, John Conyers, Video, Sheila Jackson Lee, Lamar Smith, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Obama Deportation Policy, House Immigration Subcommittee, Immigration, Dhs, Ice, House Judiciary Committee, Deportations, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on the immigration subcommittee voted on Wednesday to authorize a subpoena of the Obama administration over its deport...

Read Whole Story

Congressman Urges Hearings On College Sports

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Ncaa, John Conyers Iii, College Sports, NCAA Hearings, John Conyers, College News

WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is urging the panel to hold hearings on antitrust and other issues in college spo...

Read Whole Story

The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement: A No Win Situation for America and its Workers

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Detroit, John Conyers, Manufacturing, Free Trade, Korea Free Trade Agreement, South Korea, Politics News

The proposed Korea FTA is a bad deal for our country and America's workers. It's time to put the American worker first and stop these trade deals.

Read Post

After 10 Years in Afghanistan, It's Time to Bring Our Troops and Our War Dollars Home

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Detroit, Afghanistan War Anniversary, John Conyers, Afghanistan War, Defense Spending, War on Terror, 10 Year Anniversary War in Afghanistan, Politics News

Today, we mark the 10-year anniversary of the War in Afghanistan. After 10 years, it is clear money is being wasted on military spending and wars that aren't making us safer.

Read Post

80 Million Disenfranchised and Disinterested Americans Didn't Vote In '08. What Portends for 2012?

Pearl Korn | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Russ Feingold, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Congress, Yemen, Acorn, Afghanistan, Iran, War on Drugs, Barack Obama, Libya, 2000 Election, Voter Disenfranchisement, Middle East, Egypt, Al Gore, Iraq, Tea Party, Syria, Voting, Dnc, Civil Rights, Constitution, Politics News

As the 2012 Presidential campaign heads into high gear, we must engage eligible non-voters who are young, uneducated and economically deprived.

Read Post