“John Conyers” on The Daily Caller

On Thursday The Daily Caller spoke to Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, about Attorney General Eric Holder’s role in Operation Fast and Furious. (more)

WASHINGTON — Rep. Laura Richardson charged Friday the House Ethics Committee has singled her out for scrutiny because she’s African-American. (more)

Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers hopes to make the word “ObamaCare” a compliment. (more)

Jared Loughner’s question for Gabrielle Giffords was utterly incomprehensible. When the Arizona representative couldn’t makes sense of Loughner’s nonsense during a 2007 rally, it set the alleged Tucson gunman off (“Can you believe it, they wouldn’t answer my question“). Loughner felt ignored and then the questions stopped. (more)

Top House Democrats struggled Wednesday to find legal avenues by which the United States could prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying the Espionage Act’s antiquated and sweeping language distorts several key differences involving sensitive material, rendering it toothless in the Internet age. (more)

On Tuesday night, Republicans took more House seats than in any year since 1938. As Republican Leader John Boehner stated, this is not a time to celebrate. Republicans are being entrusted with restoring job growth, limiting the size of government and balancing a federal budget that has grown out of control. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House’s No. 2 Democratic leader said Sunday that comedian Stephen Colbert’s testimony last week on immigration was “inappropriate” and “an embarrassment.” (more)

Stephen Colbert spent most of Friday’s congressional hearing on immigration mocking Congress and cracking jokes about “corn packing,” but Colbert did break character at least once and, if only for a moment, revealed a serious side rarely seen by the public. (more)

In his first testimony before Congress, comedian Stephen Colbert submitted written remarks that were brief and serious. But when he took the stand before a House immigration subcommittee, Colbert delivered a routine in line with the goofy Bill O’Reilly-like character he takes on for his show, the Colbert Report. (more)

Well, that was awkward. (more)

With Constitution Day having just passed on September 20th, it might be useful to return to the document it’s become popular to quote in support of social and political arguments concerning the role of the federal government. No one dismisses the paramount importance of the Constitution in framing our everyday lives; but even those professing a deep and abiding respect and admiration for the document’s approximately 7,500 words can occasionally misinterpret their origins and diction — to their own embarrassment as well as the confusion of the American public. (more)

On April 15, a bill backed by the National Beer Wholesalers Association was introduced in the House aimed at limiting direct sales of beer, wine and other alcohol, which the trade group views as a mortal threat to its industry. (more)

How much do Dems love discussing tax increases right before an election? SO, SO MUCH! — Faced with ethics investigation, senile congressman tells colleagues to eat his shorts — The children of America have placed a bounty on Arne Duncan’s head –
Christian student banned from counseling program for refusing to abandon 2,000-year-old belief system — Pitbull owners may be last hope for California Democrats — States cannot waste money fast enough (more)

With recent contentious race topics entering the spotlight — such as the voter intimidation incident and the Shirley Sherrod imbroglio — the media has been more than willing to open their arms and turn on their cameras to hear the opining of the National Chairman of the New Black Panther Party, Malik Zulu Shabazz. Shabazz has appeared on Fox News, issued a statement through CNN, and done exclusive interviews for various media outlets. (more)

Two Republican congressmen sent a letter to the White House Tuesday demanding that President Obama’s top lawyer turn over all documents related to the administration’s attempt to get Joe Sestak out of the Senate race in Pennsylvania. (more)

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said Thursday the city has no answer to the recent spike in violence that has left at least 12 people dead, including a patrolman, two teenage boys, a grandmother, the adult son of another police officer, and a 7-year-old girl. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plunged 9 percent Friday after word that the Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation of the Wall Street powerhouse over mortgage securities deals it arranged. (more)

On Sunday March 21, 2010, ACORN’s Board voted to cease operations nationwide on April 1, 2010, i.e. April Fool’s Day. This was almost exactly a year after I testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution calling on the committee to investigate ACORN. The chairman of the full Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), initially agreed with me that ACORN needed to be investigated. Now, ACORN the organization may be gone but it has still not been investigated. (more)

Tea party turns into Klan rally — or so the headline of an opinion piece published by the Baltimore Examiner screamed to readers on Monday after weekend reports that Tea Partiers had hurled racial and homophobic slurs at black and gay congressmen. (more)

Rep. John Conyers, whose wife is fighting bribery charges with the help of a public defender, is not “going to be hilarious” if the House passes the health-care bill. In fact, the House Judiciary committee chairman doesn’t want anyone to celebrate the passage of the bill–not even Pres. Obama, who looks like he could use a break–until the Senate lives up to its end of the bargain. “We have to be reasonable about this because there are a number of us in the progressive camp who want some improvements to the measure,” Conyers said. (more)