John Conyers

John Conyers, Jr. (born May 16, 1929) is a U.S. Congressman from Michigan, representing that state's 14th District (map), which includes all of Highland Park and Hamtramck, as well as parts of Detroit and Dearborn. He has served since 1965 and is the second longest serving member of the House of Representatives, outranked only by fellow Michigan member John Dingell.

External links

• ConyersBlog.us - 'John Conyers, Jr., 40 Years of Jobs, Justice, and Peace' (official blog)
• CNN.com - 'Bush asked to explain UK war memo', CNN(May 12, 2005)
• House.gov - 'John Conyers, Jr.: The Fourteenth Congressional District of Michigan' (Congressional homepage)
• House.gov (pdf) - Open letter to George W. Bush, re: Downing Street Memo (originally signed by 89 US Congress members), John Conyers, et al. (May 5, 2005)
• House.gov (pdf) - 'Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio: Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff', (prepared at the request of Congrssman John Conyers, January 5, 2005)
• JohnConyers.com - 'The Downing Street Memo', John Conyers (May 27, 2005)
• JohnConyers.com - 'Letter to President Bush Concerning "Downing Street Memo"' (online petition; goal: 500,000 signatures), John Conyers
• OpenSecrets.org - 'Representative (D - MI) John Conyers Jr.' (2004 campaign finance data)
• Salon.com - 'It's time for Karl Rove to go: The president needs to ask for a special prosecutor in the Valerie Plame case', Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Salon.com (October 15, 2003)