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Ryan Grim

Rep. Grayson Calls For 'Corporate Death Penalty On Contractors' Who Rip Off Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: ACORN Funding, Acorn, Corporate Death Penalty, Grayson ACORN, Alan Grayson, Defunding ACORN, Rep. Grayson, Politics News

When the House of Representatives went after federal funding for the community-organizing group ACORN last week, the bill as written also affected "an...

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Jason Linkins

ABC News' Tapper Advances "Defund ACORN" Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics News, Acorn Bill, Darrell Issa, U.S. Congress, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Jake Tapper, Media News, Acorn, Alan Grayson, Anti-Acorn Bill, Media Criticism, Media News

Earlier this week, our own Ryan Grim reported on the incredibly true story of how Congress, in its zealous race to shower ACORN with digestive leaving...

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Jason Linkins

The Unintended Consequences Of The "Defund ACORN" Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics News, Acorn Bill, U.S. Congress, Media Criticism, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Acorn, Anti-Acorn Bill, Alan Grayson, Media News

The primary rationale -- the only rationale -- behind your representatives' decision in the ACORN matter was to ensure that their electoral hopes don't founder because of a media-driven scandal.

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Jeff Muskus

Fed Audit Bill Reaches 290 Cosponsors

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Fed, Fed Audit, Barney Frank, Federal Reserve, Alan Grayson, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

The House bill that would shine a light on the Federal Reserve reached 290 cosponsors on Wednesday. Authored by longtime crusader for Fed transparenc...

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Democratic Voters Rally to Pressure Their Representatives at Orlando Town Hall

Jerry Waxman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Nelson, Public Option, Town Hall, Seiu, Orlando Town Hall, Health Care Reform, Afl-Cio, Alan Grayson, Afscme, Politics News
Jerry Waxman

Senators like Bill Nelson need to realize that they can't just automatically take Democratic voters for granted: if they are going to seek reelection they are going to have to earn their votes.

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Ryan Grim

Bernanke: 'I Don't Know' Which Foreign Banks Got Half Trillion U.S. Dollars (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alan Grayson, Grayson Bernanke, Bernanke, Bernanke Banks, Bernanke Foreign Banks, Ben Bernanke, Politics News

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ventured to the Hill this week for his semi-regular beating at the hands of freshman Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)....

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Bernanke to Congress: I Don't Know to Whom We Gave Half a Trillion Dollars

Sheldon Filger | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Central-Bank-Liquidity-Swaps, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Ben Bernanke, Wall Street Crisis, Alan Grayson, Business News
Sheldon Filger

The Fed and its chairman have made many errors in judgment, not the least their overly-optimistic pronouncements when the first tremors from the sub-prime meltdown arose.

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Why Americans Are The Worst Vacationers

Kari Henley | Posted 08.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Time Off, Vacation, Alan Grayson, Personal Health, Health Care, Burnout, Health, Living News
Kari Henley

Ahhhh, summer's here, and with it come trips to the beach, bar-be-ques, fireworks and vacations. Been on a vacation yet this summer? How was it? Did y...

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The Fed Under Fire (VIDEO)

Harry Hanbury | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Kucinich, Bill Greider, Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Obama, Alan Grayson, Grayson, Bank of America, William Greider, Ken Lewis, Fed, Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Pelosi, The Fed, Ben Bernanke, Audit, Corruption, Grider, Business News
Harry Hanbury

As details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.

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Alan Grayson, Liberal Dem, Might Make "Tea Party" Appearance

Orlando Sentinel | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alan Grayson Tea Party Appearance, Alan Grayson Tea Party, Alan Grayson, Grayson Tea Party, Tea Party, Politics News

An aide to U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson said the liberal Orlando Democrat is mulling an appearance next month at a "Tea Party" rally for smaller government ...

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Obama Must Live Up to Campaign Pledge on Vieques Cleanup

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, Lisa Jackson, Napalm, Vieques Puerto Rico, Alan Grayson, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune, Mercury Poisoning, Justice Department, Depleted Uranium, Eric Holder, Arsenic, Asbestos in Libby Montana, Bush Administration, Contamination, Sovereign Immunity, US Navy, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

President Obama should instruct all relevant federal agencies to live up to his stated commitment to address the health crisis in Vieques immediately, pursue an "environmentally acceptable" clean-up for Vieques, and work toward a fair and complete resolution to the ongoing litigation.

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Jeff Muskus

Congress Considering Banning Some TARP Execs From Public Companies

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Jon Cuneo, Countrywide, Nell Minow, Lifetime Ban, Barney Frank, Financial Crisis, Sec, Alan Grayson, Harvey Pitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, John Coffee, Accountability, Business News

The White House unveiled the outlines of its new ground rules for the financial game Wednesday, but seemed resigned to leave the same failed players o...

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Obama and Anti-War Democrats

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eric Massa, Jim McDermott, Rahm Emanuel, Chellie Pingree, Jane Harman, Peter DeFazio, Donna Edwards, Alan Grayson, Marcy Winograd, Barack Obama, Jared Polis, Jackie Speier, Politics News
Norman Solomon

Progressives across the country should plan on giving special support to anti-war democrats Edwards, Grayson, Massa, Pingree, Polis and Speier in 2010.

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Jeff Muskus

Independent Finance Experts: Bank Execs, Boards Should Be Fired (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nell Minow, Lynn Turner, Alan Grayson, Gene Sperling, Lucien Bebchuk, Bank Executives, Tarp, House Financial Services Committee, Politics News

Officials from the Treasury, Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission told the House Financial Services Committee Thursday that exec...

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Ryan Grim

Fed Inspector General Knows Roughly Nothing About The Fed (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elizabeth Coleman, Alan Grayson, Fed, Federal Reserve, Politics News

The inspector general tasked with overseeing and auditing the Federal Reserve knows pretty much nothing about what the Fed is doing. That's the conclu...

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Ryan Grim

Bachmann Does Something Serious: Signs Bipartisan Letter Calling For Fed Transparency

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alan Grayson, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Transparency, Politics News

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who generally graces these pages after saying something bonkers, broke with tradition Tuesday and joined a bipartisan...

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Melissa Bean Helps Banks Gut Bill to Limit TARP Bonuses

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Goldman Sachs, Jim Himes, Adam Pase, Ellen Tauscher, Aig Bonuses, Timothy Geithner, New Democrat Coalition, Alan Grayson, Chamber of Commerce, Bank Lobbyists, Neal Cavuto, Melissa Bean, Melissa Bean AIG, Aig Bonus Tax Vote, Aig Bonus Tax, Bonus Outrage, Aig, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

The New Democrats and the Blue Dogs made good on their threats to join with Republicans to block legislation that would limit the payment of TARP bonuses. Score one for the banks.

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Arthur Delaney

Rep. Alan Grayson Vs. Cavuto: "A Stuck Pig Squeals Loudly"

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Fox Business Network, Alan Grayson, Bailout, Neil Cavuto, Politics News

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 gov...

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Stop Stealing Our Money

Rep. Alan Grayson | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alan Grayson Wall Street, Casinos, Banks, Financial Crisis, Pay for Performance Act, Alan Grayson, Wall Street, Politics News
Rep. Alan Grayson

No one has the right to get rich off taxpayer money. And no one should get rich off abject failure. If the government owns a chunk of a bank, that bank must pay its employees reasonably.

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Ryan Grim

Regulator: Before Banks Collapsed, They Pleaded With Feds To Let Them Fudge Their Books

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Herz, Alan Grayson, Mark to Market, Politics News

Before financial institutions have collapsed over the past several months, they have come to the Financial Accounting Standards Board, pleading for a ...

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Ryan Grim

Florida Judge Orders Lenders To Work With Homeowners; Bailed-Out Banks On Board

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Bankruptcy, Belvin Perry, Foreclosure, Alan Grayson, Belvin Perry Jr., Charles Schumer, Home Foreclosures, Home Foreclosure, Politics News

A chief judge for the ninth circuit in Orange County, Florida -- an epicenter of the foreclosure crisis -- ruled Wednesday that mortgage providers mus...

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Grayson Grills Citigroup CEO (VIDEO)

American News Project | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vikram Pandit, Alan Grayson, Ceos, Grayson, Bailout Ceos, Bank Bailout, Pandit Testimony, Citigroup CEO, Pandit, Politics News

CEOs of the biggest bailed-out banks finally appeared before Congress. Over the course of a seven-hour hearing, there were remarkably few revealing mo...

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Phil Gingrey Begs Rush Limbaugh For Forgiveness (VIDEO)

Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Phil Gingrey, Gingrey, Rush Limbaugh, House GOP, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Gop, Alan Grayson, House Republicans, Politics News

Following statements made to Politico yesterday telling Rush Limbaugh to "back off," Republican congressman Phil Gingrey now has his tail between his ...

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Ryan Grim

Fed Official Confronted Over Bailout Spending Secrecy (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Bailout, Alan Grayson, Bailout, Donald Kohn, Bailout Funds, Politics News

Where's the bailout money going? If the federal government told you, then banks might stop taking it. That's the argument made by Federal Reserve Vic...

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High Priced Republican Party Propaganda Campaign Seeks To Undermine Workers' Free Choice

Howie Klein | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Eric Massa, Union-Busting, Alan Grayson, Blue America, Tom Geoghegan, 100 Days, Oregon, Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News
Howie Klein

Big Business interests-- the greed and selfishness wing of the Republican coalition-- has been panic-stricken since then, putting all their energy and resources into stopping the Employee Free Choice Act.

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