John Conyers, Jr. (born May 16, 1929) is a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Michigan's 14th congressional district, which includes most of northwestern Detroit, as well as Highland Park, Hamtramck and part of Dearborn. A Democrat, he has served since 1965 (the district was numbered as the 1st District until 1993). In January 2007, Conyers became chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in the 110th United States Congress; he had been the committee's ranking Democrat since 1997.
Conyers is currently the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House (just after fellow Democrat from Michigan, John Dingell) and the fifth-longest incumbent member of the entire Congress by length of service (after Robert Byrd, John Dingell, Ted Kennedy and Daniel Inouye). He is married to Monica Conyers, who is currently President of the Detroit City Council and the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation into political corruption in the city.[1]
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- Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
- Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
- Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
- Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
- Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
- Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
- Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance. (Dec 2006)
- Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
- Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
- Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
- Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
- Voted NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
- Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
- Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
- Supports reparations for slavery. (Aug 2001)
- Ending racial profiling is part of fight for justice. (Jan 2001)
- Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 93% by the ACLU, indicating a pro-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
- Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
- Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)
- Rated 19% by the US COC, indicating an anti-business voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
- Voted YES on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
- Rated 100% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
- Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing. (Mar 2001)
- More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
- Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)
- Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
- Legalize medical marijuana. (Jul 2001)
- Rated +30 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Dec 2006)
- Voted NO on requiring states to test students. (May 2001)
- Voted NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
- Rated 91% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
- Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
- Voted NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries. (Jun 2006)
- Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
- Voted YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)
- Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)
- Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)
- Rated 80% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
- Voted NO on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids. (Apr 2003)
- Rated 8% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Ban high lead levels in children's toys. (Nov 2005)
- Voted NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
- Remove African National Congress from terrorist list. (May 2008)
- Voted YES on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
- Voted NO on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)
- Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
- Voted NO on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
- Establish the United States Public Service Academy. (Mar 2007)
- Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
- Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
- Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
- Voted NO on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns. (Jul 2002)
- Rated 89% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
- Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
- Rated 0% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance. (Dec 2006)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Reject Bush's Florida electors due to election fraud. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Voted NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent. (Apr 2002)
- Voted NO on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"). (Apr 2001)
- Rated 31% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
- Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)
- Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)
What can I say, John Conyers, for being absolutely on the wrong side of sanity on every single issue, for being in office your entire adult life, for being so far left you run off the map, and because the scale does not go all the way to “W” for “WEASELIEST WEASEL OF ALL WEASELS”. Please feel free to move to the socialist country of your choice, I will pay for your plane ticket myself.
You most definitely earned an:
F
