huffingtonpost.com - 4/1/2009
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I was elected last November because the people wanted change. And nowhere is change more desperately needed than on Wall Street, which is apparently the only place in the world where you can steal from the taxpayers and then bill them for services rendered. So far, taxpayers have spent over $500 ...
huffingtonpost.com - 4/3/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is taking some heat
for his bill to ban bonuses and excessive compensation...
for any employee at any firm benefiting from government bailout dollars. In an interview Tuesday on the Fox Business Network, Grayson was grilled by ...
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Rep. Alan Grayson Vs. Cavuto: "A Stuck Pig Squeals Loudly"
firedoglake.com - 4/3/2009
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firedoglake.com —
John Culberson of Texas is on the floor
of the House, attacking Alan Grayson by saying that...
his bill to limit bonuses to TARP recipients because they rushed the Stimulus bill. Barney Frank is responding with shock -- Grayson's bill takes away the ...
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Alan Grayson Attacked By Republicans on Floor of House: ...
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Stop Stealing Our Money (Rep. Alan Grayson)
Congress Blog —
... They did so to enrich the small group of employees who made horrible, and in some cases, illegal bets. Calling these bad banks “casinos” is a disservice to casinos, who must actually by law hold money to back all the bets they’ve taken in. Calling these con artists “bank robbers” is a disservice to bank robbers, who can only steal as much money as the bank holds at the time, without tapping into taxpayer funds, too. It’s time for action, and Congress is acting. Cross-posted from Huffingtonpost.com ...
Grayson: "Stop stealing our money!"
Corrente —
Yeah, basically. Read more…
The Rude Pundit —
... attacking executive compensation in the financial firms now owned by all of us, also known as the "Pay for Performance Act," currently somewhere on hold in the Senate after passing the House in April. This would be back when "populist anger" was actually about people against corporations, which, of course, meant conservatives thought it was ...
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firedoglake.com 3/11/2009 —
Please welcome Rep. Alan Grayson in the comments. And don't forget to reward good behavior -- you can donate to Rep. Grayson's campaign here -- jh
You probably know Alan Grayson for his greatest hits collection on YouTube. It was his ...
Rep. Alan Grayson: On Goldman Sachs Ditching December
huffingtonpost.com 4/16/2009 — I heard an interesting anecdote at a Financial Services Committee hearing last month (see the video below). Robert Herz of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) said that financial services companies about to go bankrupt sometimes demanded ...
Why Did Matt Stoller Go Work For Rep. Alan Grayson?
openleft.com 5/21/2009 — In a great post about how progressives had a superb track record of picking winners last election cycle, overall guru Howie Klein highlights this gem from Vanity Fair -- Alan Grayson describing why he was outspoken in his "no" vote on ...
So When Can Alan Grayson Become Speaker of the House?
librarygrape.com 10/1/2009 — If there's one thing Democrats need right now is more people like Rep. Alan Grayson, a guy with the stones to speak the truth and do it with a fucking spine : I've just about had it with weak-kneed, fainting-couch Democrats like Sen. Harry Reid who flinch at the slightest hint of smarmy, ...
Better Democrats: Alan Grayson For Re-election!
openleft.com 1/29/2009 — In 2010, with 257 Democrats in the House and 59 in the Senate, Democrats will inevitably have to turn more of our electoral efforts to defense of incumbents than to support for challengers. Tonight, Open Left is adding our first incumbent to the ...
Grayson Expected to Be Top GOP Target
rollcall.com 5/7/2009 — On the campaign trail last year, Democrat Alan Grayson made much of his work as a lawyer pursuing a "one-man crusade" against contractor fraud and war profiteering in Iraq.
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