Conyers is known to have opposed regulation of online gambling . He has likened the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 , hidden within the SAFE Port Act , to Prohibition . After Martin Luther King Jr. 's assassination in 1968 , Conyers introduced the first bill in Congress to make King 's birthday a national holiday . It is now celebrated as Martin Luther King Jr . Day
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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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