Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
James Warren "Jim" DeMintis an American politician who was a United States Senator from South Carolina from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leading figure in the Tea Party movement. He previously served as the United States Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. DeMint resigned from the Senate on January 1, 2013, to become president of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 September 1951
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I think I'm the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.
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I don't think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it, and without making some modifications such as turning it into a loan at some point. It then encourages people to go back to work.
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I've developed a lot of reform proposals myself and been accused of trying to destroy Social Security, when the whole point was to try to save it. I think most people know that Social Security is bankrupt.
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So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.
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I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.
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The Heritage Foundation is the premier think tank, research organization. The premier idea group for the conservative movement.
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While the exact details of the trip are not released until after the fact due to security concerns,
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I think my coattails will help the president a little bit, ... South Carolina is Bush country.
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I think Gov. Sanford has it exactly right.
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I think the technology pretty much exists, we just need to align it with existing government warning systems,
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I'm here being part of the team and associating myself with anyone who will have me,
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I anticipated many of these problems because the federal government cannot manage health care; it's too complex and too personal to deliver real results. Yet, even though I voted against it, I am going to do everything I can to make sure it works for our seniors.
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pep rally, ... a way to synthesize our issues on a national stage.
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Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage-the union between one man and one woman-has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now.