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John Conyers

Fans of House Health Option Cite Rights, Hopes, But Risk Big Defeat

Andrew Kreig | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Sheila Jackson Lee, Public Option, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Harry Reid, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

Despite favorable national poll numbers, the public option faces a potentially fatal counter-attack during the weeks ahead because of lack of follow-up by its proponents.

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A Patriot's PATRIOT Act

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patriot Act, John Conyers, Bobby Scott, Jerry Nadler, Supreme Court, Privacy, Politics News
Rep. John Conyers

Good intentions are not enough to preserve our liberty, and the current PATRIOT Act simply grants too much unchecked authority to our government.

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Tearing Down the Barriers to Competition

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Anti-Trust, Competition, John Conyers, Public Option, Health Care Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, President Obama, Diana-Degette, Diana DeGette, Health Care, Denver News
Rep. Diana DeGette

Potentially egregious anti-trust violations in the insurance industry should not be permitted, and the government should be given the power to protect the public from harmful behavior that drives up prices.

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Will An Oct. 27 Hill Hearing Make History For Your Health Rights?

Andrew Kreig | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, John Conyers, Single Payer, Public Option, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Walter Fauntroy, Health Care, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

To energize public support for robust health care reform, a civil rights icon and two House leaders are planning a hearing and rally to duplicate the reform achievements of the 1960s.

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Dear Capitol Hill: We Confess, Muslims Want to Serve America

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Conservatives, Cair, American Muslims, Neoconservatives, Muslims, Gop, Mccarthyism, Right Wing, Political Satire, Loretta Sanchez, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus, Interns, Politics News
Salam Al Marayati

What's next? Muslims trying to infiltrate the Congress by scheduling lobby days, or by simply meeting with their members of Congress?

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Ryan Grim

House Vote On Insurance Industry Antitrust Exemption Coming

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Trust, John Conyers, Congress, Health Care Debate, Senate Judiciary Committee, Health Insurers, Insurance Companies, Obama Weekly Radio Address, Transparency, Politics News, Obama Health Insurance Reform, Health Insurance Companies, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

The battle against the health insurance industry is steadily intensifying. House Democrats have formally scheduled a vote to revoke the industry's che...

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Conyers Introduces Bill to End Health Insurer's Anti-Trust Exemption

David Dayen | Posted 09.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Antitrust Law, John Conyers, Insurance Industry, Diana DeGette, Health Care, Hank Johnson, Monopolies, Mccarran-Ferguson, Home News
David Dayen

The concentration of the health insurance market among regional monopolies leads to higher costs for consumers, almost by definition.

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Black Caucus Members: It's Public Option Or Nothing

The Hill | Eric Zimmermann | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Maxine Waters, Healthcare Reform, Congressional Black Caucus, Barbara Lee, President Obama, Politics News

Leading members of the Black Caucus are threatening to bring down healthcare reform if it does not include a strong public option. Rep. John Conyers...

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Why David Broder Is Wrong

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, David Broder, Cia, Accountability, Torture, Politics, CIA Interrogations, Dick Cheney, Eric Holder, George Bush, Politics News
Rep. John Conyers

The decision whether to investigate possible crimes connected to our interrogation programs is simply not a political one.

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Karl Rove, Rupert Murdoch and Media Bias

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Politicization DOJ, John Conyers Karl Rove, John Conyers, Politicization, David Iglesias, U.S. Attorney Scandal, David Iglesias US Attorney, Media News
Rep. John Conyers

In Thursday's Wall Street Journal, Rove says that I owe him an apology for allegations made about him regarding the U.S. Attorneys scandal. If anyone is owed an apology, it's the Journal's readers.

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Rep. Grijalva Urges U.S. Pressure on Coup Regime in Honduras

Robert Naiman | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, John Conyers, Raul Grijalva, Jose Serrano, Manuel Zelaya, Obama Administration, Honduras, Jim McGovern, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

The Obama Administration still says it is working for President Zelaya's return, but so far it has not responded to the call from Hondurans for increased U.S. pressure on the coup regime.

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Key Democrats Back BIO Industry Against Consumers to Delay Generic Medicines (Biosimilars)

James Love | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Kennedy, Biosimilars, Anna Eshoo, John Conyers, Generic Medication, Politics News
James Love

Unlike for pharmaceutical drugs, there is no easy way to get FDA approval for a generic biologic product. Congress is considering an FDA reform to fix this, but it is being derailed by the BIO.

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Conyers Ethics Probe Sought By Conservative Group

The Detroit News | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Conyers, Conyers Ethics, Representative Conyers, Monica Conyers, Monica-Conyers-Bribery, Epa, Detroit, Conyers Ethics Probe, The Landmark Legal Foundation, Michigan, John Conyers, Politics News

A conservative group asked the House ethics committee today to investigate whether U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, possibly violated ethics rules a...

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Strong Federal Law Brings the Hammer Down on Dogfighters

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Kerry, John Ensign, Congress, Betty Sutton, Patrick Leahy, Earl Blumenauer, Elton Gallegly, Dogfighting, Maria Cantwell, Roscoe Bartlett, Animals, John Conyers, Politics News
Michael Markarian

The flagrant disregard that dogfighters routinely show for society's norms was replaced by the snap of handcuffs and the slap of 30 or so arrest warrants.

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Rove Deposed By Conyers Under Cloud of Secrecy and Harriet Meiers Was Deposed Last Month

Rob Kall | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Bush Executive Privilege, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, House Judiciary Committee, Politics News
Rob Kall

The goal of the deposition was to probe further into the firing of nine US attorneys. Previously, the Bush White House, claiming executive privilege, had blocked any questioning.

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White Committee Chairmen Hire Fewer Black Aides: Congressional Survey

Congressional Quarterly | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capitol Hill, Barbara Lee, House of Representatives, House Committee Chairmen, Stephanie Tubbs, African American, Congressional Black Caucus, Robert A. Brady, Howard Berman, Racial Inequality, Race, Congressional Aides, John Conyers, Politics News

Black aides are so scarce on some House committees that the Congressional Black Caucus surveyed the panels. Their conclusion: black staffers are most ...

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As Rove Testifies About Firings At Justice, Why Did DoJ Fire Whistleblower?

Andrew Kreig | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tamarah Grimes, John Conyers, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, Jeff Sessions, Artur Davis, Eric Holder, Richard Scrushy, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

New questions are surfacing about political intrigue at the U.S. Justice Department.

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John Conyers' Wife Implicated In Detroit Bribery Case

AP | COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Monica Conyers, Rep. John Conyers, Detroit, Conyers Bribery, Conyers Corruption, Detroit Corruption, Michigan, Raymond W. Jackson, Detroit City Council, Politics News

DETROIT — City Council member Monica Conyers, the wife of a prominent congressman, sought political support from Baptist pastors and prayers fro...

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Some Victory Against Ben Nelson -- Who is Next?

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, John Conyers, Ben Nelson, Special Interests, Lawrence Lessig, Change Congress, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

Ben Nelson probably hates us right now -- or at least me. But that's OK, it was worth it. Here's what happened.

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Health Professionals Tell Congress They Want Single-Payer

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rob Andrews, John Conyers, Pete Stark, Tom Price, Health, Single-Payer, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, John Kline, George Miller, Health Care, Health Reform, Politics News

At a long-awaited House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, health care professionals made it clear that they believe a single-payer system to be the b...

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John Conyers: Obama "Becoming So Conservative Now That He's Got The Job"

The Michigan Messenger | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Gays in Military, Gay Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, John Conyers, Politics News

U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the Detroit Democrat who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, says it is time to repeal the 16-year-old ban on openly gay ser...

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Condi Rice's Tortured Macaca Moment

Ari Melber | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Condi Rice, Msnbc, Harpers, Television Torture, Philip Zelikow, Truth Commission, CIA Torture, 9/11 Commission, Jack Balkin, John Yoo, Sheldon Whitehouse, Moveon Special Prosecutor, John Conyers, Russ Feingold, Cenk Uyger, Bush Administration Torture, Special Prosecutor, Jay Bybee, Condoleezza Rice, Scott Horton, Waterboarding, Pat Leahy, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Torture, Youtube Politics, Youtube Media, Media News
Ari Melber

Rice's recent incident shows the prospects for what we might call a substantive Macaca Moment -- using YouTube and citizen media to scrutinize our leaders on the issues, not gaffes.

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What if Instead of the Nuremberg Trials There Was Only a Truth Commission?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Corn, Aclu, John Conyers, MoveOn.Org, Patrick Leahy, Jerrold Nadler, Jameel Jaffer, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Special Prosecutor, Lawrence Wilkerson, Center for Constitutional Rights, Barack Obama Torture, Michael Ratner, David-Swanson, Harry Reid, Scott Horton, ACLU Torture, David Broder, Torture Memos, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

As some liberals make the case against a Special Prosecutor, the lawyers who fought for the release of the torture memos push back and explain why prosecutions are the only response.

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Sam Stein

Lawmakers: Congress Will Investigate Torture, Bipartisan Support In Place

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Torture Investigation, Claire McCaskill, Torture Investigation, Mccaskill Congress Investigation, Conyers Investigation, Turth and Reconciliation, 9/11 Commission, Leahy, Patrick Leahy, Obama Torture, John Conyers, Politics News

The central debate dominating discussions of a possible investigation into torture by the Bush administration seems to have shifted sharply in the pas...

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Ryan Grim

As Report Shows Bybee's Torture Culpability, Conyers Says: 'We're Coming After These Guys'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Armed Service Committee Report, Senate Armed Services Committee, Jay Bybee, John Conyers, Waterboarding, Iraq, Afghanistan, Politics News

Bush administration attorney Jay Bybee, now a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals serving a lifetime appointment, crafted legal justifications...

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