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John Conyers

Headshot b. 1929-05-16 , Detroit, MI
represents MI-14
Democrat, Baptist
Official website

Education: J.D., Wayne State Law School, 1958 B.A., Wayne State University, 1957.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 158,755 (85.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $668,236 (#297)
Spent 99% (#74)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 43% (#340)
From PACs 53% (#155)

Earmarks

Requested 33 (#160)
Total cost $36,584,400 (#272)
Received 30 (#169)
Total cost $29,989,900 (#251)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,690 (#27)
Introduced 189 (#54)
Debated 29 (#63)
Enacted 8 (#75)

Speeches

Spoke 11 times (#119)
Avg. length 1,570 words (#69)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 72% left-wing (#507)
Predictable 97% (#68)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes)
Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes)
National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400080 (GovTrack), N00004029 (OpenSecrets), C000714 (Congressional Bio), 10713 (ICPSR), 26904 (Vote Smart), H6MI01028 (FEC)