Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) Audit the Fed amendment to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill just passed the Senate in a bipartisan landslide, 96-0 — with every Senator present on board with the populist amendment. The Sanders amendment requires the Government Accountability Office to audit most of the More…
I just spoke with Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), the progressive firebrand most known for his willingness to call out Republican obstructionism on health care reform. Asked about Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, Grayson noted that he mused on the House floor yesterday that “if President Obama was able to bring about More…
Dave has been following the saga of Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), who incited a GOP uproar this week after charging that the Republicans’ health reform strategy is to let the sick “die quickly.” The comment caused GOP leaders to threaten an anti-Grayson resolution, to be introduced More…
Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) is holding off on his resolution slamming Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) for his “die quickly” remarks, explaining that Republicans “would give Congressman Grayson an opportunity to do the right thing and recognize the comments that he made were disrespectful to the House and to the More…
If they weren’t already busy enough with an anti-Charles Rangel resolution, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) is hoping fellow Republicans will back his resolution admonishing Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.). The text:
Whereas on September 29, 2009, during proceedings on the floor of the House of Representatives, Rep. Alan Grayson
One week after Marin Cogan wrote a spot-on profile of Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), the punchy freshman Democrat fulfilled her prediction that he would be “the first member to bring the blogosphere’s in-your-face style to Capitol Hill.” He gave a short floor speech on health care where he More…
Freshman Democrat Alan Grayson, a bit of an iconoclast who’s backing Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-Texas) “Audit the Fed” bill, appeared on the out-there Alex Jones show to talk up that and his investigations of contractor fraud — see TWI’s Spencer Ackerman for more on that. Jones is More…
Ryan Grim has the story, I have stifled guffaws.
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) picked up on the legislative overreach and asked the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) to sift through its database to find which contractors might be caught in the ACORN net.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Gumman both
It was a huge week for confirmation hearings, with Secretary of State-nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton and Attorney General-designate Eric Holder taking center stage, and all the drama that entailed. But an enduring image from the week may end up being a small moment that few people even caught More…
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