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Until now, the undisputed leader of the black political community has been the “civil-rights era urban crusader.” From former presidential candidates Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to veteran congressmen John Conyers (D-Mich.), Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), and...
Thanks for Williams' essay. It is indeed time that Silvestre Reyes, Charles Rangel, John Conyers and other minority chairs in Congress get respect. They deserve it even if they choose to diverge from the centrist, play-the-game strategy that seems to be the very basis of Williams' defense of...
Michigan Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat and chair of the House Judiciary committee, regarded Miers' no-show as an affront when he asked, "Are Congressional subpoenas to be honored, or are they optional?" His was one of the morning's calmer statements, with Utah Rep. Chris Cannon, the ranking...
As for John Conyers, now head of the Judiciary Committee, he still speaks dreamily about impeaching President George W. Bush but takes no action. He has studiously avoided putting anything radioactive on the agenda, including gun control, abortion and same-sex marriage. One of his subcommittees has issued subpoenas, but...
Reyes seems to be following the Dellums trajectory. "Chairman Reyes is a straight shooter and a good man," a senior intelligence official told me, using nearly the same language to defend Reyes that Cheney had used years earlier to defend Dellums. Reyes has succeeded in pressing the Bush Administration to...