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{{Officeholder
|name=Alan Grayson
|image=
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Lolita Grayson
|religion=Jewish
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=8th
|terms=January 3, 2009 – Present
|preceded=Ric Keller
|former=
|succeeded=
}}
}}
'''Alan Mark Grayson''' (born March 13, 1958 in [[Bronx]], [[New York]]) is a [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Florida]]'s 8th congressional district, having been elected by a 52%-48% margin in the 2008 election. Grayson spent a career as a lawyer, and was ranked the 12th-wealthiest member of [[Congress]]. <ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/10/01/who-is-alan-grayson-anyway/</ref> He currently serves on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Science and Technology.
===Quotes===
Grayson has gained national prominence for controversial comments regarding [[conservative]] leaders.
*In his first month in office he refered to radio talk show host [[Rush Limbaugh]] as a "has-been loser."
*During a floor speech on [[health care]] Grayson stated that "Republicans want you to die quickly." <ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27726.html</ref> After calls to apologize, Grayson said that "I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven’t voted sooner to end this [[holocaust]] in America." <ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/09/rep-grayson-doesnt-apologize-compares-health-care-shortcomings-to-holocaust/comments/page/2/</ref>
*In October 2009, Grayson called an adviser for Federal Reserves Chairman [[Ben Bernanke]] a "K Street whore." <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/27/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5425045.shtml</ref>
*In an interview on [[MSNBC]]'s Hardball, Grayson said that "I have trouble listening to what [Cheney] says sometimes because of the blood that drips from his teeth while he’s talking, but my response is this: he’s just angry because the president doesn’t shoot old men in the face. But by the way, when he was done speaking, did he just then turn into a bat and fly away?" <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1009/Alan_Grayson_v_Chris_Matthews.html</ref> Later on an interview on the same program, he told former [[Vice President Cheney]] to STFU, an abbreviation for "shut the f-ck up." <ref>http://wdbo.com/localnews/2009/12/grayson-tells-cheney-to-stfu.html</ref>
*In December 2009 Grayson called for a conservative activist to be jailed for launching a website criticizing him. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/grayson-wants-critic-jailed-claiming-constituent/</ref>
==External Links==
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/FL/Alan_Grayson.htm On the Issues]
*[http://www.mycongressmanisnuts.com/ My Congressman is Nuts]
== References ==
<references/>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grayson, Alan}}
[[Category: 111th United States Congress]]
[[Category: United States Representatives]]
[[Category: Democratic Party]]
|name=Alan Grayson
|image=
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Lolita Grayson
|religion=Jewish
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=8th
|terms=January 3, 2009 – Present
|preceded=Ric Keller
|former=
|succeeded=
}}
}}
'''Alan Mark Grayson''' (born March 13, 1958 in [[Bronx]], [[New York]]) is a [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Florida]]'s 8th congressional district, having been elected by a 52%-48% margin in the 2008 election. Grayson spent a career as a lawyer, and was ranked the 12th-wealthiest member of [[Congress]]. <ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/10/01/who-is-alan-grayson-anyway/</ref> He currently serves on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Science and Technology.
===Quotes===
Grayson has gained national prominence for controversial comments regarding [[conservative]] leaders.
*In his first month in office he refered to radio talk show host [[Rush Limbaugh]] as a "has-been loser."
*During a floor speech on [[health care]] Grayson stated that "Republicans want you to die quickly." <ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27726.html</ref> After calls to apologize, Grayson said that "I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven’t voted sooner to end this [[holocaust]] in America." <ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/09/rep-grayson-doesnt-apologize-compares-health-care-shortcomings-to-holocaust/comments/page/2/</ref>
*In October 2009, Grayson called an adviser for Federal Reserves Chairman [[Ben Bernanke]] a "K Street whore." <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/27/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5425045.shtml</ref>
*In an interview on [[MSNBC]]'s Hardball, Grayson said that "I have trouble listening to what [Cheney] says sometimes because of the blood that drips from his teeth while he’s talking, but my response is this: he’s just angry because the president doesn’t shoot old men in the face. But by the way, when he was done speaking, did he just then turn into a bat and fly away?" <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1009/Alan_Grayson_v_Chris_Matthews.html</ref> Later on an interview on the same program, he told former [[Vice President Cheney]] to STFU, an abbreviation for "shut the f-ck up." <ref>http://wdbo.com/localnews/2009/12/grayson-tells-cheney-to-stfu.html</ref>
*In December 2009 Grayson called for a conservative activist to be jailed for launching a website criticizing him. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/grayson-wants-critic-jailed-claiming-constituent/</ref>
==External Links==
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/FL/Alan_Grayson.htm On the Issues]
*[http://www.mycongressmanisnuts.com/ My Congressman is Nuts]
== References ==
<references/>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grayson, Alan}}
[[Category: 111th United States Congress]]
[[Category: United States Representatives]]
[[Category: Democratic Party]]