Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson | |
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U.S. House of Representatives from Florida | |
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Gus Bilirakis |
Succeeded by | Darren Soto |
Constituency | 9th district |
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Ric Keller |
Succeeded by | Daniel Webster |
Constituency | 8th district |
Personal details | |
Born | Alan Mark Grayson March 13, 1958 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses | |
Children | 5 |
Education | Harvard University (BA, MPP, JD) |
Website | Campaign website |
Alan Mark Grayson (born March 13, 1958) is an American politician who served as the
In
Early life and education
Grayson was born in the
Grayson wrote his master's thesis on gerontology. In 1986, he helped found the non-profit Alliance for Aging Research in Washington, D.C., and served as an officer of the organization for more than twenty years.[15]
Legal career
Grayson worked as a
In 1991 he founded the law firm Grayson & Kubli, which concentrated on
President of IDT Corp.
Grayson made his fortune as the co-founder and first president of IDT Corporation (International Discount Telecom).[15][21][22]
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
2006
In 2006, Grayson first entered into electoral politics, losing the 2006 Democratic primary for Florida's 8th congressional district to Charlie Stuart, a prominent local businessman and conservative Democrat.[23] Stuart went on to lose the general election to incumbent Republican Ric Keller.[24]
2008
In late 2007, Grayson announced that he would run again for the 8th district seat, and again faced Stuart in the primary. In the August 26, 2008 Democratic primary, Grayson defeated Stuart, 49%–28%, with three other candidates splitting the remaining 24%.[25] During the general election campaign, Grayson maintained a consistent lead over Keller, who had only slightly won renomination in the Republican primary over attorney Todd Long. On election day, Grayson defeated Keller, 52%–48%.[26]
2010
Grayson was challenged by Republican nominee Daniel Webster, Florida Tea Party backed Peg Dunmire, independent George Metcalfe, and write-in Florida Whig Party candidate Steve Gerritzen.[27]
Grayson ran a September 2010 commercial calling Webster a "
On
Grayson was endorsed by 8th district resident and former Congresswoman
On election day, Webster defeated Grayson, 56%–38%.[42][43]
2012
On July 11, 2011, Grayson announced in an e-mail to supporters that he planned to run once again for Congress.[44] Grayson ran unopposed in the Democratic primary for the newly created 9th District in Central Florida.[45]
On November 6, 2012, Grayson defeated Todd Long, 63%–37%, to return to Congress after a one-term absence. He described his victory as "the biggest comeback in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives."[46] Although the two districts had different boundaries, Grayson claimed the House historian had told him that the shift from a 56%–38% loss in 2010 to a 63%–37% victory in 2012 was the biggest comeback in congressional history.[47]
2014
Grayson was challenged in the Democratic primary by Nick Ruiz, a professor from the University of Central Florida. He overcame this challenge comfortably, 74%–26%.
The Republican challenger in the general election was Carol Platt, with independent Marko Milakovich also standing. Grayson was returned to Congress with 54% of the vote.
Tenure
2009–2011
Grayson was the second Democrat to represent Florida's 8th congressional district since its formation after the
Grayson is considered a progressive Democrat. He supported Barack Obama in 2008. He was a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, of which he was vice-chairman.[48] Grayson twice joined Republicans to oppose the raising of the federal debt limit. He said, "We need to live within our means. We need to eliminate wasteful spending. If we did those two simple things, we would not need to raise the debt limit."[49]
On September 14, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.RES 686, Grayson's Teach the Constitution Week bill. The bill urged high schools to spend one week each September teaching the
On the 40th anniversary of the historic 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Grayson's New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2009. The bill asked the president to present Congress's highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins, as well as John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. Only about 200 medals have ever been awarded in the country's history. The New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2009 passed the House unanimously on July 20, 2009.[53][54]
- Select legislation sponsored
- Pay for Performance Act (H.R. 1664)
- Public Option Act(H.R. 4789)
- War Is Making You Poor Act (H.R. 5353)
- Shareholder Protection Act (H.R. 4790)
- Paid Vacation Act of 2009 (H.R. 2564)
2013–2017
Known in his first term for making incendiary comments about Republicans, Grayson began to tone down his rhetoric and focused on working with Republicans to pass amendments that "appeal to the libertarian streak in the GOP". He lobbied colleagues personally and in July 2013, David Weigel of Slate magazine called him "the most effective member of the House" and said that he was approaching "an unheralded title: The congressman who's passed more amendments than any of his 434 peers."[55]
In October 2013, his campaign sent out a fundraising email that compared the Tea Party to the Ku Klux Klan. It used the image of a burning cross as the "T" in Tea Party. Matt Gorman of the National Republican Congressional Committee described the e-mail as "hateful words and imagery". Grayson defended the comparison, saying that "here is overwhelming evidence that the Tea Party is the home of bigotry and discrimination in America today, just as the KKK was for an earlier generation."[56]
Political positions
Federal Reserve
During his first term in office, Grayson supported
In a September 2009
Following the AIG bonus payments controversy, Grayson joined fellow freshman Democrat Jim Himes of Connecticut to introduce the Grayson–Himes Pay for Performance Act, legislation to require that all bonuses paid by companies that had received funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 be "based on performance".[64] The bill was co-sponsored by eight other members of the House. On March 26, the bill was approved by the House Financial Services Committee by a vote of 38–22 and on April 1, the bill was passed by the full House of Representatives by a vote of 247–171,[65] although it eventually died in the Senate.[66]
Grayson was a co-sponsor of the
Economic stimulus
Grayson made it a priority to increase the amount of federal money returning to his district. He often said that people in his district had been "exporting taxes and importing debt." During his first year in office, the amount of federal grant dollars returning to the district nearly doubled.[68][69] Grayson established a grant notification system that notifies subscribers immediately when a federal grant opportunity in their areas of interest becomes available. He also hired a full-time grants coordinator who focused solely on helping people navigate the federal grants process.
Grayson supported the
Grayson has worked to combat federal waste, fraud, and abuse. In the September 6, 2009 edition of The New York Times, columnist Gretchen Morgenson thanked Grayson for uncovering the fact that, due to the federal bailout of mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae, taxpayer money had been funding the legal defense fees for former top executives at the institution. Grayson requested information about these legal costs after a June 2009 hearing of the House Financial Services Committee. Grayson's work uncovered that, between September 6, 2008, and July 21, 2009, taxpayers spent $6.3 million defending Fannie Mae executives Franklin Raines, J. Timothy Howard, and Leanne Spencer. Taxpayers paid an additional $16.8 million to cover legal expenses of workers at the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Fannie's former regulator.[70]
In September 2009, Grayson used a parliamentary maneuver called an "extension of remarks" to provide crucial instruction on H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, a bill that, among other things, included a provision that prohibited funding for ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Grayson's extension of remarks directed that the legislation defund any organization that cheats the federal government, not just ACORN. The defunding measure passed the House with a final vote of 253–171.[71] Grayson also encouraged the public to report companies covered by the bill and set up a method to report offending companies via his Congressional website.[72]
Health care reform
In response to Republican arguments that the Obama administration's preferred health care bill was too long and complicated, Grayson on March 9, 2010, introduced H.R. 4789, the
Grayson later voted for the
On September 29, 2009, in a late-night speech on the House floor, Grayson presented his impression of the Republicans' health care plan, illustrated by signs. He said the Republicans' plan was "don't get sick", and "if you do get sick, die quickly."
Social issues
Grayson is
Grayson voted in support of the Hate Crimes Expansion Act, which expands the definition of
Environment
Grayson voted for the House's 2009
The
Foreign affairs
Grayson has been an outspoken critic of the wars in
Grayson has tried to combat wasteful spending by government defense contractors by introducing his "Gold Plating" amendment. The amendment would require that cost or price account for half of the evaluation of bids for defense contracts. The law at the time allowed for cost to account for only 1% of the evaluation. The amendment passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act in June 2009. However, the language was stripped from the final bill during the conference committee between Senate and House leaders. Grayson worked successfully to get the amendment inserted into H.R.5013, the IMPROVE Acquisition Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on April 28, 2010.[91]
Grayson has been an outspoken opponent of plans for the United States to intervene in the Syrian civil war.[92] He has rejected what he calls "warmongering",[93] saying: "It's simply not our responsibility. We're not the world's policeman." Instead, he called for a focus on humanitarian efforts and solving domestic problems.[94] He launched DontAttackSyria.com, where he began gathering signatures for his petition calling on Congress to vote against authorizing military action against Syria, and was "whipping votes" in the House.[95]
Committee assignments
2013–2017
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
- Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
- Committee on Science, Space and Technology
2009–2011
- Committee on Financial Services
- Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises
- Committee on Science and Technology
Personal life
Grayson was ranked as the 11th-wealthiest member of Congress in 2010, based on financial disclosure forms with a net worth of $31.41 million, and a pending claim against the now-defunct Derivium Capital for at least $25 million, according to Roll Call.[96] Grayson disclosed that his attorney fees and costs for the war contractor case had exceeded $4 million.[18][20]
Grayson was married to a woman he met in the early 1980s at a party in Boulder, Colorado.[22] Grayson remarried in 1990 to Lolita Grayson.[97][98] While pursuing the whistleblower cases, Grayson worked from a home office in Orlando, where he lived with his second wife, Lolita Grayson, and their five children.[19] The couple separated in March 2014,[99] and Alan Grayson asked a court in Orlando to annul the marriage a year later.[100] In April 2015 the Graysons agreed to settle the dispute and annul their 25-year marriage.[101] Lolita Grayson accused Alan Grayson of domestic abuse that lasted over the decades of their marriage; Alan Grayson denied the charges.[102]
On May 31, 2016, Alan Grayson married his third wife, Dr.
In December 2019, Grayson released a book titled High Crimes: The Impeachment of Donald Trump.[105]
See also
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Further reading
- Alan Grayson: "Bipartisanship Has Become Code Word for Appeasement", video report by Democracy Now!, November 5, 2010
External links
- Alan Grayson at Curlie