Read more John Conyers stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5289/john-conyers.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:28:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66666/rove-pushed-for-firing-of-us-attorney-in-nm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House Judiciary Committee released documents today that Democrats say put Karl Rove and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers at the center of the US attorney firing scandal, Politico reports. “Karl Rove and his cohorts at the Bush White House were the driving force behind several of these firings,” says...http://www.newser.com/story/66666/rove-pushed-for-firing-of-us-attorney-in-nm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 16:47:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57421/house-dems-want-to-impeach-judge-for-torture-memos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse Democrats may start a constitutional confrontation over the fate of Judge Jay Bybee, and there’s nothing anybody—not even lukewarm President Obama—can do to stop them, reports Politico. As liberal think-tanker John Podesta argues, Bybee “authorized things that were illegal under US law” when he wrote memos endorsing...http://www.newser.com/story/57421/house-dems-want-to-impeach-judge-for-torture-memos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 9:43:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52491/dems-would-love-to-have-me-barbecued-rove.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKarl Rove is looking forward to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee concerning his alleged role in the sacking of several federal prosecutors, Fox News reports. But beware the “show trial,” Rove said, as “some Democrats would love to have me barbecued.” Rove will also be questioned about the prosecution...http://www.newser.com/story/52491/dems-would-love-to-have-me-barbecued-rove.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Mar 2009 11:03:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49045/rove-slapped-with-another-subpoena.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers subpoenaed Karl Rove today to testify about alleged politicization of the Justice Department, USA Today reports. Subpoenaed for the first time last Congress, Rove claimed executive privilege and refused to show. Conyers said that unlike former President Bush, President Obama does not support immunity...http://www.newser.com/story/49045/rove-slapped-with-another-subpoena.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Jan 2009 20:40:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48652/10-democrats-obama-must-watch-out-for.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe good vibrations can’t last forever. Sooner or later, President Obama is bound to run afoul of members of his own party. Glenn Thrush, in Politico, scopes out the suspects: John Conyers: The irrepressible House Judiciary chairman wants to investigate the US attorneys scandal and other potential Bush-era malfeasance, despite...http://www.newser.com/story/48652/10-democrats-obama-must-watch-out-for.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 13:05:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48084/investigate-bush-conyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the country moves forward, we can’t afford to repeat the mistakes of the past: it’s time to review the abuses of the Bush administration, writes Michigan congressman John Conyers, Jr. in the Washington Post . Congress must keep pushing for “stonewalled” Bush documents; it should create an independent probe of...http://www.newser.com/story/48084/investigate-bush-conyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 11:29:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47408/conyers-raps-obama-surgeon-general-pick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama's apparent choice for surgeon general, Sanjay Gupta, is drawing fire from within his own party, ABC News reports. John Conyers of Michigan, the House Judiciary Committee chair, sent a letter to his fellow legislators today encouraging them to join him in protesting the nomination of the CNN fixture...http://www.newser.com/story/47408/conyers-raps-obama-surgeon-general-pick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42730/proof-mounts-of-impropriety-by-feds-in-siegelman-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew court documents call further into question the actions of Justice Department officials in their prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman on corruption charges, Time reports. With the Democrat’s appeal scheduled for next month, the House Judiciary Committee disclosed violations by the Bush-appointed US Attorney, Leura Canary, who publicly...http://www.newser.com/story/42730/proof-mounts-of-impropriety-by-feds-in-siegelman-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Nov 2008 14:40:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28312/rove-spurns-subpoena-on-us-attorneys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKarl Rove RSVPed in the negative to the subpoena the House Judiciary Committee issued yesterday, Politico reports. His lawyer said Rove wants none of what committee chair John Conyers has promised to dole out. Citing Conyers' promise of an "ass kicking," Robert Luskin said he's not “the least bit confused...http://www.newser.com/story/28312/rove-spurns-subpoena-on-us-attorneys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 May 2008 15:20:25 CDT