Alan Grayson was born on March 13, 1958 and is a former US Representative for Florida’s 8th congressional district. He’s been serving from 2009 until 2011. Grayson is a member of the Democratic Party. The district he represented is in central Florida and takes in parts of Orange, Lake, Marion, and Osceola Counties. Most of [...]

The Speaker of the House of Representatives performs a variety of duties.  Democrat Nancy Pelosi—our current Speaker and the first woman, Californian, and Italian American to hold the position—serves in three main roles: representing her district, leading both her party and the House as a whole, and ensuring respectful behavior on the House floor. As [...]

Politics is the ultimate game of risk and reward.  Seldom have the stakes been higher than they are for President Obama and the Democrats with the pressure to pass healthcare legislation.  There are great risks in failing to pass reformist legislation.  There are also perils if the legislation passes. Democrats face the potential of major [...]

The GOP would love nothing more than to see Nancy Pelosi disappear. Yet Nancy Pelosi’s 2010 reelection chances still live although she’s killing President Obama’s efforts to raise the ethical standards in Washington. She’s openly defied America’s former and current Presidents and brazenly demonstrates she’ll fight to keep earmarks alive regardless of President Obama’s desire to banish them. Too many overlook or dismiss her actions. Remember, Nancy Pelosi’s the first House Speaker to fly to the Middle East for her own version of Peace Talks while failing to mention it to then President G.W. Bush and yet she STILL has chances of reelection.

The Employee Free Choice Act- introduced to congress on March 10, 2009, is an update to the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. Under the new proposed litigation, employees will have more freedom in deciding whether they will join a union and according to the AFL-CIO  would “would enable working people to bargain for better [...]

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Al Franken has come under continued scrutiny regarding a column he wrote for Playboy entitled “Porn-O-Rama!” The writings were about Franken visiting a fictitious sex institute and being educated about sexuality by various humans and machines. Franken called it satire due to the fact that his profession is that of a comedian. However, Republican women [...]