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John Conyers, longest-serving black congressman, dies at 90

U.S. News // 4 years ago

John Conyers, longest-serving black congressman, dies at 90

John Conyers Jr., the longest-serving black congressman and a civil rights leader, has died at the age of 90.

Sessions to Congress: No 'clear recollection' of Russia meetings

U.S. News // 6 years ago

Sessions to Congress: No 'clear recollection' of Russia meetings

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a House panel Tuesday that he's "always told the truth" about Russian contacts and can't remember meetings by aides.

Top House Democrats demand meeting with Homeland boss over Trump travel ban

U.S. News // 7 years ago

Top House Democrats demand meeting with Homeland boss over Trump travel ban

House Democrats demanded an emergency meeting with Homeland Security secretary amid "chaos and confusion" caused by President Donald Trump's executive order.

Revisions to Patriot Act backed by both parties

U.S. News // 8 years ago

Revisions to Patriot Act backed by both parties

A bill that would curb the National Security Agency's sweeps of phone and Internet records is gaining support in the House and Senate.

U.S. News // 9 years ago

Congressional Democrats pen letter to Goodell on Ray Rice case

Twelve Democrats from the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, condemning his lack of transparency in the Ray Rice case.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Strange bedfellows: House defeats effort to rein in NSA phone-tracking

A rare left-right bloc of House members vowed after a narrow loss to redouble efforts to curb a national-security program that amasses Americans' phone records.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Black Caucus preparing legislation to address racial profiling

Congressional Black Caucus members are preparing racial-profiling legislation in response to the fatal shooting of an unarmed black Florida teen, aides say.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Conyers to go for 24th term in 2012

Saying he's not ready to retire, U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., who has been in Congress since 1965, announced plans to run for re-election in 2012.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Conyers apologizes for son's use of SUV

Rep. John Conyers Jr. said Wednesday his son's use of his official vehicle, which was burglarized, was "inappropriate."

Top News // 1 decade ago

Democrats seek torture special counsel

A group of Democratic members of Congress Saturday asked U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey to name a special counsel to investigate torture.

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If we countenance a process where our subpoenas can be readily ignored, where a witness under a duly authorized subpoena doesn't even have to bother to show up ... then we have already lost
House panel approves contempt citations Jul 25, 2007

Carl Edward Conyers

John Conyers, Jr. (born May 16, 1929) is the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district, serving since 1965 (the district was numbered as the 1st District until 1993), and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

He is currently the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House (just after fellow Democrat from Michigan, John Dingell) and the third-longest incumbent member of the entire Congress by length of service (after Dingell and Daniel Inouye). The district includes most of northwestern Detroit, as well as Highland Park, Hamtramck and part of Dearborn.

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