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NEWS ABOUT: Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson stories: 5 news summaries
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 Grayson 
 Weeps on 
 House Floor 

Bemoans casualties of lack of health insurance

Oct 29, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alan Grayson continued with his penchant for the dramatic yesterday, shedding copious tears on the House floor as he read letters from families of people who died because they didn't have health insurance. “For god's sake, I look forward to a time when we have finally done our jobs,... More »

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Congress • health insurance • health care reform • House Democrats • Alan Grayson • politics as usual

Even Dems Say Grayson's Nuts

'One fry short of a Happy Meal' after he calls Fed adviser 'a
K Street whore'

Oct 26, 09 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Alan Grayson has irked Republicans over the past month or so with his sharp tongue—saying the GOP health plan was for Americans to “die quickly,” then, last week, comparing Dick Cheney to a vampire—but even fellow Dems are up in arms after an interview surfaced... More »

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Iraq • Dick Cheney • Federal Reserve • health care reform • congressional Democrats • vampire • K Street • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

Congressman Defiant Over
'Die Quickly' Jab

Apologizes to the dead, not GOP, cites US health care 'holocaust'

Sep 30, 09 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic congressman who belittled Republicans for promoting a health care plan that wants the ill to "die quickly" ratcheted up his rhetoric even more today. Noting that some Republicans had demanded he apologize, Florida's Alan Grayson took to the House floor with an apology of a different sort:... More »

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Congress • Democrat • health care reform • Harvard • congressional Democrats • rhetoric • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

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 Dem Won't Apologize 
 for 'Die Quickly' Gag 

Comments about 'Republican health care plan' light up YouTube

Sep 30, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(AP) - Florida Rep. Alan Grayson is refusing to apologize for his snarky statement on the House floor that Republicans want Americans to “die quickly.” Last night, Grayson took the floor and declared that he had, after much probing, determined that Republicans had a two part plan: Don’t get... More »

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Florida • House of Representatives • partisanship • apology • health care reform • House Democrats • Alan Grayson

Democrats Lose Patience Over Wars, Gitmo

Support ebbs on left as Obama's security plans look uncertain

May 14, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are having misgivings about the war in Afghanistan and the shuttering of Guantanamo Bay, particularly in the more liberal House, the New York Times reports. Though Congress is sure to approve another $96.7 billion in war funding, the House took out $80 million to close Guantanamo, saying the... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Congress • Richard Nixon • Democrat • Guantanamo Bay • House Democrats • Obama administration • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy • David Obey • Alan Grayson

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