The point of the Conyers quote that you're alluding to is that routinely NONE of the people in Congress read most of the bills that cross their desks. That's what congressional staffs are there for.
John Conyers has held his seat since 1964 and has been reelected over 20 times. He's the second most senior member in the House after John Dingell. His views and votes accord very well with those of his constituents, including objecting to the Obama administration over expansion of the war in Afghanistan, failure to close Guantanamo prison as promised, failure to even consider single payer health care, and effective gutting of the health care reform that did pass. There is NO chance that he is going to lose in a primary in his district, so why would someone run against him?
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