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Joe Wilson Is Figuring It Out?

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Can old RINOs learn new tricks? If the latest rankings from the national Club for Growth are any indication, then the answer to that question might be "yes." Obviously we take anything that the Club puts out with a grain of salt - and cherry-picked scorecards like the one the organization released

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DeMint Bill Aims To Block Corporate Welfare For Energy Companies

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DeMint, Lee Bill Would End Corporate Welfare for Energy Companies in Tax Code Energy Freedom & Economic Prosperity Act repeals all energy tax subsidies WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Energy Freedom & Economic Prosperity

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DeMint To Force Term Limits Vote

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) announced that he will fight for a vote on his term limits amendment to the STOCK Act. The amendment expresses support for a constitutional amendment limiting the terms a member of Congress can serve. Senator DeMint introduced the

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Letter: Haley Cosmetology Appointment Questioned

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Dear Editor, Governor Nikki Haley has just had a person confirmed to be on the State Board of Cosmetology. This person has only been licensed for three years, even though state law requires that anyone sitting on the board be licensed for a minimum of five years. The only reason that this appointment

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FreedomWorks, Armey, DeMint To Rally For School Choice

FreedomWorks, Dick Armey, Jim DeMint to Participate in Spartanburg Rally for School Choice on February 2nd WHAT: FreedomWorks and its Chairman Dick Armey will join the Spartanburg Tea Party and local conservative activists for a school choice rally in Spartanburg’s Cleveland Park from 6:30-8:30pm

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Why DeMint Will Cut Spending And Graham Won’t

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By Jack Hunter || In my latest column for The Charleston City Paper I attempt to illustrate an issue that distinguishes Sen. Jim DeMint as a genuine limited government conservative from a Republican who is not, Sen. Lindsey Graham: Austerity may be a bad word to Graham when it comes to Pentagon spending,

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DeMint: Courage Needed To Solve Debt Crisis

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By Jim DeMint || Today the Senate is voting to disapprove the debt ceiling increase as requested by President Obama. Unfortunately, this is a hollow gesture as Congress passed a deal last year that made the increase possible. It is disingenuous to vote for a deal that increases the debt by trillions

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DeMint: “Are You Better Off Than You Were $4 Trillion Ago?”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) made the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address: “There’s a simple question that middle class families should ask themselves that reveals the true state of our union: Are you better

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DeMint Endorsement? Nope, Desperate Romney

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POPULAR SENATOR'S 2007 ENDORSEMENT RECYCLED BY ROMNEY-ITES Here we go again ... as if the final 24 hours of the 2012 South Carolina Republican presidential primary haven't been sufficiently bizarre, into the fray at the last minute jumps U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. Well ... Jim DeMint circa 2007. A

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Jim DeMint To Star In Ron Paul “Robo Call”

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U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint isn't endorsing Ron Paul's presidential bid, but he's been saying all sorts of nice things about the libertarian-leaning candidate in the days leading up to the Palmetto State's pivotal "First in the South" presidential primary. Now South Carolina's most popular elected official

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DeMint: SCGOP Should Listen To Ron Paul

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As evidenced by recent polling data, there is no more influential voice in South Carolina's "First in the South" Republican presidential primary that U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. Thirty-one percent of SCGOP primary voters say they would be "more likely" to support a candidate backed by Demint - compared

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2012: The SC Endorsement Hierarchy

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U.S. Sen Jim DeMint - the most popular politician in South Carolina by a country mile - has said that he isn't endorsing anyone in the state's pivotal "First in the South" presidential primary. Neither is former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, an analyst with FOX News. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham hasn't lent

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