Exclusive: Grayson says GOP ‘taking the whole country hostage’
With a government shutdown less than 12 hours away, progressive firebrand and former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) on Friday afternoon compared the budget negotiations to the showdown that occurred last December over tax cuts.
"Once again, the Republican Party leadership in Washington is taking the whole country hostage," Grayson told Raw Story in an interview. "They did it four months ago when they said nobody could have tax cuts unless we have tax cuts for the rich. And now they're doing it again, saying nobody can have government unless government's basic roles are rewritten to their liking."