Rep. John Conyers
Former Representative for Michigan’s 13th District
pronounced jon // KON-yerz
Conyers was the representative for Michigan’s 13th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2013 to 2017.
He was previously the representative for Michigan’s 14th congressional district as a Democrat from 1993 to 2012; and the representative for Michigan’s 1st congressional district as a Democrat from 1965 to 1992.
![Photo of Rep. John Conyers [D-MI13, 2013-2017]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400080-200px.jpeg)
Alleged misconduct & resolution
On December 5, 2017, Conyers resigned from office at the start of an investigation for sexual harassment, age discrimination, and improper use of official resources for personal purposes.
| Nov. 21, 2017 | House Committee on Ethics opened an investigation |
| Dec. 5, 2017 | Conyers resigned from office. |
In 2017 Conyers was investigated for compensating staff for work in 2016 not commensurate with pay with House of Representatives funds. The House Committee on Ethics recommended further review.
| May. 11, 2017 | House Office of Congressional Ethics recommended that the Committee on Ethics further review the allegation |
| Jun. 26, 2017 | House Committee on Ethics decided to extend the matter |
| Aug. 9, 2017 | House Committee on Ethics published the Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings and Rep. Conyers's response |
| Dec. 5, 2017 | Conyers resigned from office. |
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Conyers is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Conyers sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Conyers was the primary sponsor of 30 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 2266 (115th): Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017
- H.R. 6189 (112th): Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act
- H.R. 1059 (112th): To protect the safety of judges by extending the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports, and for other …
- H.R. 1107 (111th): To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United States Code, “Public Contracts”.
- H.R. 6198 (111th): Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010
- H.R. 3237 (111th): To enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, “National and Commercial Space Programs”.
- H.R. 4515 (111th): Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010
Does 30 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Conyers sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (23%) Finance and Financial Sector (19%) Labor and Employment (16%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (14%) Health (13%) Agriculture and Food (6%) Law (6%) Commerce (4%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Conyers recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4140 (115th): No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act
- H.Con.Res. 79 (115th): Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress and the States should consider …
- H.R. 3771 (115th): Special Counsel Integrity Act
- H.R. 3336 (115th): Employ Young Americans Now Act
- H.R. 3040 (115th): Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2017
- H.R. 2325 (115th): Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2017
- H.R. 2266 (115th): Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1965 to Dec 2017, Conyers missed 4,922 of 29,131 roll call votes, which is 16.9%. This is much worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2017. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
