Senate Contender's Family Profited From 'Pariah State' Gold Mine
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Representative Alan Grayson, a Democrat from Florida, wears a tie made of play money as he waits to question Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington on Oct. 1, 2009.
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Representative Alan Grayson holds an unusual position as a member of the U.S. Congress, an active investor and manager of a hedge fund.
Now that the wealthy Florida Democrat is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio, his investments are becoming a more prominent liability.