Congressman John Conyers, Jr – A Civil Rights Legend – Legacy Preserved

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The Funeral of John Conyers

Public viewing held today for former Congressman John Conyers, Jr.

Bill & John Campaigning in Detroit 2016

Posted: 9:56 AM, Nov 02, 2019 Updated: 11:18 PM, Nov 02, 2019

DETROIT (WXYZ) — One of two public viewings was held today for former Congressman John Conyers, Jr.

Both viewings will be held at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The first is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the second Sunday, Nov. 3 from noon to 5 p.m.

Funeral arrangements announced for former Congressman John Conyers Jr.
Conyers's funeral service will be held Monday, Nov. 4 at Greater Grace Temple on 3500 W. Seven Mile Road in Detroit.

The service will take place at 11 a.m., with a preceding family hour beginning at 10 a.m.
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House Floor Debate On Impeachment Inquiry Rules & Documents

House Impeachment House Resolution 660 Impeachment by Beverly Tran on Scribd

H. Res. 660 - Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.

HEARING INFORMATION

Meeting Information

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 - 3:00pm H-313, the Capitol View Announcement »

VIDEO

Rules Committee Mark-up of H. Res. 660

BILL TEXT

Text of H. Res. 660 PDF XML
(as introduced)
Impeachment Inquiry Procedures in the Committee on the Judiciary Pursuant to H. Res. 660 PDF
(as submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by Chairman McGovern)
Fact Sheet: Key Provisions in the Resolution PDF
Text of H. Res. 661 PDF XML
(as introduced)

HEARING DOCUMENTS

H. Res. 660 PDF
(as reported)
H. Rept. 116-266 PDF
Amendments Offered to H. Res. 660
• Amendment #1 Offered by Mr. Woodall
• Amendment #2 Offered by Mr. Burgess
• Amendment #3 Offered by Mr. Burgess
• Amendment #4 Offered by Mr. Woodall
• Amendment #5 Offered by Mr. Cole
• Amendment #6 Offered by Mrs. Lesko
• Amendment #7 Offered by Mr. Cole
• Amendment #8 Offered by Mr. Cole
• Amendment #9 Offered by Mr. Woodall
• Amendment #10 Offered by Mr. Cole
• Amendment #11 Offered by Mr. Cole
• Amendment #12 Offered by Mrs. Lesko
• Amendment #13 Offered by Mrs. Lesko
• Amendment #14 Offered by Mrs. Lesko
• Amendment #15 was not offered
• Amendment #16 Offered by Mr. Burgess
• Amendment #17 Offered by Mr. Woodall
• Amendment #18 Offered by Mr. Burgess

COMMITTEE VOTES

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 186

Amendment (no. 1) offered by Mr. Woodall to strike all except Section 4. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 187

Amendment (no. 2) offered by Mr. Burgess to strike the Committees on Financial Services and Ways and Means from Section 1. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 188

Amendment (no. 3) offered by Mr. Burgess to add language requiring the Committees on Financial Services and Ways and Means to produce and make available to all members documents detailing the nature and scope of their investigations. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 189

Amendment (no. 4) offered by Mr. Woodall to apply language requiring the chair of the Committee on Rules to promulgate additional procedures to allow for the participation of the President and his counsel in proceedings in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.  Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 190

Amendment (no. 5) offered by Mr. Cole to add language permitting the chair and ranking minority member to yield their time to other members on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence during the extended questioning time. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 191

Amendment (no. 6) offered by Mrs. Lesko to allow the minority to call at least an equal number of witnesses and to authorize the ranking minority member to require as deemed necessary, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of any person and the production of records and other materials. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 192

Amendment (no. 7) offered by Mr. Cole to strike the section requiring written justification from the ranking minority member of the relevance of the testimony of each requested witness to the investigation. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 193

Amendment (no. 8) offered by Mr. Cole to require the chair to provide the ranking minority member written justification of the relevance of the testimony of each witness whose testimony is requested or required. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 194

Amendment (no. 9) offered by Mr. Woodall to add language that provides the ranking minority members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary with the authority to issue the same number of subpoenas as their respective chairs.  Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 195

Amendment (no. 10) offered by Mr. Cole to allow the ranking minority member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence the ability to issue subpoenas without the concurrence of the chair. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 196

Amendment (no. 11) offered by Mr. Cole to require the chair to have the concurrence of the ranking minority member to issue subpoenas and, if the ranking minority member does not concur, the chair may put the question before the full committee. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 197

Amendment (no. 12) offered by Mrs. Lesko to require the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and any other committee having custody of records or other materials relating to the inquiry to transfer all such records or materials including exculpatory materials to the Committee on the Judiciary.  Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 198

Amendment (no. 13) offered by Mrs. Lesko to allow the ranking members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and any other committees having custody of records or other materials relating to the inquiry to also transfer records and materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 199

Amendment (no. 14) offered by Mrs. Lesko to require the concurrence of the relevant ranking minority member in order to transfer records and other materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. If the ranking minority member does not concur, the chair shall have the right to refer to the committee for a decision.  Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 200

Amendment (no. 16) offered by Mr. Burgess to define “employee” as “other than a consultant whose services are procured in accordance with section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))”. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 201

Amendment (no. 17) offered by Mr. Woodall to ensure the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence holds more than one open hearing.  Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 202

Amendment (no. 18) offered by Mr. Burgess to state that nothing in this resolution may be construed to limit the right of each Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to have access to committee records pursuant to clause 2(e)(2) of rule XI. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Nay

Mrs. Torres

Nay

Mr. Perlmutter

Nay

Mr. Raskin

Nay

Ms. Scanlon

Nay

Mr. Morelle

Nay

Ms. Shalala

Nay

Mr. DeSaulnier

Nay

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Nay

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Yea

Mr. Woodall

Yea

Mr. Burgess

Yea

Mrs. Lesko

Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 203

Motion to order H. Res. 660 reported favorably to the House.  Agreed to: 9–4

Majority Member

Vote

Mr. Hastings

Yea

Mrs. Torres

Yea

Mr. Perlmutter

Yea

Mr. Raskin

Yea

Ms. Scanlon

Yea

Mr. Morelle

Yea

Ms. Shalala

Yea

Mr. DeSaulnier

Yea

Mr. McGovern, Chairman

Yea

Minority Member

Vote

Mr. Cole

Nay

Mr. Woodall

Nay

Mr. Burgess

Nay

Mrs. Lesko

Nay

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