Tag: Alan Grayson

What Tax Cuts for the Rich Will Buy

Filed in National by cassandra_m on November 21, 2010 • 23 Comments

Courtesy of that delightful brawler from Florida, who takes to the house floor to demonstrate in detail what an extension of tax cuts for the wealthy will buy. Pay attention to the end, where he shows that all of the borrowed money Republicans plan to borrow and hand over to rich people could directly employ alot of currently out of work people.

A Bill We Should All Support – Medicare Buy-In

Filed in National by Unstable Isotope on March 11, 2010 • 6 Comments

Progressive hero Alan Grayson has introduced a short 4-page bill to allow Americans to buy into Medicare coverage (without subsidies). Think Progress‘s Wonk Room describes the bill, called the “Public Option Act” or “Medicare You Can Buy Into Act”: Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has provided the White House with a real opportunity to win back […]

A Quip Too Far?

Filed in National by nemski on October 27, 2009 • 13 Comments

Delaware Liberal favorite Rep. Alan Grayson might have gone a bit too far when talking about Linda Robertson, who is a lobbyist working for the Fed. Politico’s Glenn Thrush reports that the GOP has dug up a tape of Grayson saying of Robertson, “And she’s, this lobbyist, this K street whore is trying to teach […]

Alan Grayson Wants to Know if a Republican Really Knows His Constitution

Filed in National by cassandra_m on October 23, 2009 • 11 Comments

It is so much fun watching this guy — he is remarkably good at turning the wingnut rhetoric back at them with devastating results. This time he quizzes one of his cohorts Rep. Broun from GA on the law and the Constitution and makes it pretty clear that for all of their talk, walking the walk is still not a GOP goal: