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A one-term U.S. House member and Democrat who was a very vocal figure in Washington during his 2 years in office. He was ousted by Republican Dan Webster in the 2010 midterm elections for the U.S. House District 8 seat in Florida.
A one-term U.S. House member and Democrat who was a very vocal figure in Washington during his 2 years in office. He was ousted by Republican Dan Webster in the 2010 midterm elections for the U.S. House District 8 seat in Florida.
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Budget cuts hit Central Florida convention business
WASHINGTON — As conferences go, this one was supposed to be pretty standard: a 7,000-person affair at the Orange County Convention Center that — although not among Orlando's biggest shows — still would have brought a $13 million economic...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics, Trips and Vacations, Budgets and Budgeting, Orlando
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Osceola Clerk Armando Ramirez target of new FDLE investigation
KISSIMMEE – Osceola County Clerk of Court Armando Ramirez is under an investigation for undisclosed criminal allegations, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Ramirez released a statement Friday claiming the new probe is a re-...
Tags: Osceola County
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Alan Grayson, John Mica talk sequestration, immigration
Staff writerThe Florida Legislative Session and Congress will be major topics in local public-affairs programming this weekend. The lineup: Congressmen John Mica, R-Winter Park, and Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, are Lauren Rowe's guests on "Flashpoint" at 8 a.m. Sunday...Tags: Winter Park, U.S. Congress, Immigration, Apopka, Rick Scott
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Grayson: Obama is ‘wrong’ in limiting Social Security COLA
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelU.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, R-Orlando, is leading the charge against President Barack Obama's budget proposal that would change the way government figures the (usually) annual cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security payments. In the budget released... -
SeaWorld won't pay income taxes for years
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. is a hot commodity on Wall Street. The Orlando-based theme-park owner raised $700 million last week in an initial public offering that exceeded even its own expectations. The company's share price then surged even higher,...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Amusement and Theme Parks, Taxation, General Electric Company, Anheuser-Busch
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Grayson to visit Puerto Rico, highlight plight of Vieques
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson plans to visit Vieques, Puerto Rico, next week in an effort to highlight problems still facing the island municipality in the aftermath of decades of U.S. military exercises, including practice bombing runs. It...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Military
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Congress: Where members stand on guns, taxes, immigration and more?
Taking Names the Blog - Orlando SentinelSunday’s column – “The long, hard slog for straight answers” – attempted to get members of Congress to give straight answers to basic questions that readers and voters care about. You can see the chart – and the efforts... -
Grayson fights to save tower at Kissimmee airport
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON — If the federal authorities close the control tower at Kissimmee Gateway airport, then terrorists would have a better chance at striking Walt Disney World. That’s one of the arguments that U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, is... -
Getting straight answers from politicians is long, hard slog
I often hear from readers who are frustrated they can't get straight answers from the people who represent them in Washington. Residents who can't get calls returned, positions explained — even one guy so desperate to speak with his congressman...
Tags: Bill Nelson, Voting, Minority Groups, Family, Corrine Brown
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Grayson ‘no cuts’ coalition adds two lawmakers
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON – Two U.S. House lawmakers have joined with U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, in opposing any budget deal that includes cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security benefits. Grayson took the hardline position last month in a letter... -
Grayson and Gutierrez to rally for immigration reform
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelU.S. Reps. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, and Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., will headline two Central Florida rallies on Friday to promote immigration reform. Grayson represents an eastern Orange/Osceola/Polk counties district with a significant Hispanic... -
Florida sponsors NASCAR car for $175K
Did you see where the Florida Department of Transportation is sponsoring a NASCAR car this weekend at Daytona? Actually, you're the one sponsoring it, since the $175,000 being spent on Joe Nemechek's car is public money. It's all part of the state's...
Tags: Florida Department of Transportation, Lake County (Florida), John L. Mica, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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