Rep. Dingell on verge of setting Congress record
Get ready for the laudatory speeches: The House soon will formally mark Rep. John Dingell's historic tenure in Congress with a bipartisan celebration. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, is set to become...
View ArticleA Congressional Milestone Highlights Need for Term Limits
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Our Generation, a nonpartisan advocacy group, that supports term limits for elected officials responded to Congressman John Dingell...
View ArticleSnyder comments on passage of education budget (State of Michigan)
(Source: State of Michigan) Snyder comments on passage of education budget Wednesday, May 29, 2013 LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder issued the following statement today after the state Senate...
View ArticleObama hails Dingell for setting congressional record
David Shepardson Detroit News Washington Bureau Comments Washington — President Barack Obama on Friday hailed Rep. John Dingell for breaking the record as the longest-serving member of Congress. In a...
View ArticleJohn Dingell is longest-serving lawmaker ever
Rep. John Dingell, D- Mich., has been in Congress for almost 571/2 years. The Daily Briefing Citing "complete betrayal," gay leaders' support shaky for 2014 marriage amendment... Buckeye Forum Podcast...
View ArticleAfter 57 years, John Dingell is still a gruff and an influential lawmaker on...
Rep. John D. Dingell’s days seemed numbered. Bound to a wheelchair after knee replacement surgery, the Michigan Democrat wore sweatpants and could barely stand. He was on the verge of losing his...
View ArticleSnyder's request for West Michigan disaster assistance approved by SBA (State...
(Source: State of Michigan) Snyder's request for West Michigan disaster assistance approved by SBA Thursday, June 13, 2013 LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder today announced that the U.S. Small Business...
View ArticleBush 41 salutes Rep. Dingell's lengthy service
Tags MichiganGeorge H.W. BushJohn DingellRobert Byrd George H.W. Bush is a Republican and John Dingell is a Democrat, but they worked together on sweeping changes to the Clean Air Act to help reduce...
View ArticleSnyder signs bill to reduce Bridge Card fraud (State of Michigan)
(Source: State of Michigan) Snyder signs bill to reduce Bridge Card fraud June 5, 2013 LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill today that will help reduce fraudulent use of Michigan's...
View ArticleMike Thompson: Enter the Rep. John Dingell time machine
For America, 1955 wasn't just a different era; it was an entirely different world. That was the year U.S. Rep. John Dingell first marched up the steps of the U.S. Capitol building to begin his tenure...
View ArticleWashington honors Dingell, longest-serving member of Congress
Marisa Schultz | Detroit News Washington Bureau Comments President Barack Obama talks with Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, along with members of his family in the Oval Office on Thursday. (Pete...
View ArticleMichigan Democrat Dingell surpasses record for longest tenure in Congress
WASHINGTON The day that John Dingell first stepped onto the floor of the House of Representatives, he faced a very different America. A woman named Rosa Parks had just been arrested, the name Emmet...
View ArticleDingell's record-setting days in Congress not done yet
Story Highlights Rep. Dingell has served in Congress for 57 ½ years or 20,997 daysHe took over the seat held by his father when his father died in office in 1955Dingell, 86, discusses whether to run...
View ArticleDingell brings left, right together at celebration
Story Highlights Dingell, 86, hit the official record of 20,997 days served June 7Members of both parties celebrated Dingell's achievementDingell had hand in Medicare, the Civil Rights Act and the...
View ArticleMichigan's Rep. John Dingell will set record as longest-serving congressman
WASHINGTON — He might have been on K Street, pulling down a huge salary lobbying folks he used to work with in Congress. Or he could have retired to a mountaintop somewhere, away from it all. He could...
View ArticleDingell's record of service met with praise
Marisa Schultz and David Shepardson Detroit News Washington Bureau Comments Washington — U.S. Rep. John Dingell marked his milestone as the longest-serving member of Congress Friday by sharing lessons...
View ArticleU.S. Rep. John Dingell to be feted as longest-serving member of Congress
WASHINGTON — Its U.S. Rep. John Dingells day in the nations capital today. The longest-serving member of Congress ever he hit the official record of 20,997 days...
View ArticleState Office, Commission on Aging Honors Senior Citizens of the Year at State...
(Source: State of Michigan) State Office, Commission on Aging Honors Senior Citizens of the Year at State Capitol Contact: Angela Minicuci (517) 241-2112 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2013 LANSING,...
View ArticleU.S. Rep. John Dingell being feted as longest-serving member of Congress
WASHINGTON — Its U.S. Rep. John Dingells day in the nations capital today. The longest-serving member of Congress ever he hit the official record of 20,997 days served last Friday is being feted...
View ArticleMilestone in sight for Dingell
Marisa Schultz Detroit News Washington Bureau Comments Purchase Image Its not how long you serve but how well you serve ... U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, said as he nears the record for...
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