Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
John Conyers, Jr.
John Conyers was a Democratic U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1965, who voted with most Democrats on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–115th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 134 Home Foreclosure Reduction Act of 2017Jul 26, 2018 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Jeffries asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be the first sponsor of H.R. 134, a bill originally introduced by…
- H.R. 141 Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2017Apr 17, 2018 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Johnson (GA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 141, a bill originally…
- H.R. 3336 Employ Young Americans Now ActApr 12, 2018 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Velazquez asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3336, a bill originally…
- H.R. 138 Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2017Mar 15, 2018 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Norcross asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 138, a bill originally…
- H.R. 137 Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017Mar 14, 2018 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cicilline asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 137, a bill originally…
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 131 (101st) To designate May 25, 1989, as "National Tap Dance Day".Became law
- H.R. 1048 (101st) Hate Crime Statistics ActBecame law
- H.R. 1385 (101st) Martin Luther King Jr., Federal Holiday Commission Extension ActBecame law
- H.R. 2266 (115th) Making additional supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 1130 (110th) Judicial Disclosure Responsibility ActBecame law
- H.R. 3678 (110th) Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007Became law
- H.R. 660 (110th) Court Security Improvement Act of 2007Became law
- H.R. 5938 (110th) Former Vice President Protection Act of 2008Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Conyers, has won
Rep. Conyers, has won 21 U.S. House elections (1976–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 56.9 to 94.2 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Michigan’s 13th district done while Rep. Conyers served?
2013 to 2016 in MI-13: typical household income was up 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 3.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 7.8 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Michigan’s 13th district during Conyers’s time representing it (2013 to 2017). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. MI-13 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Conyers’s term so far (2013 to 2016) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 21 | See the 21 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.