U.S. Congress - Senator Jim DeMint, South Carolina (R) 
Senator Jim DeMint
Republican • South Carolina • 5th Term • Sworn In 1999
- 28 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 70 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 49 of 100)
- 84 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 93 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 94 of 100)
- Most often votes with:
- Sen. Mike Lee
- Sen. Ben Nelson
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Susan Collins
- Sen. Richard Durbin
- Votes with party 79%
- Abstains: 2%
Person's Views
- Today: 33
- Past Seven Days: 223
- All-Time: 44,011
Most Recent Sponsored Bills
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S.2064Introduced Feb 06, 2012 28 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate.
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S.2008 - Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011Introduced Dec 16, 2011 107 Views
A bill to repeal certain provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, title 17 of the United States Code, and the regulations of the Federal ...
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S.1975 - No More IMF Bailouts ActIntroduced Dec 08, 2011 30 Views
A bill to repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, to prohibit loans to enable the Fund to provide fi...
Most Recent Co-Sponsored Bills
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S.2081Introduced Feb 09, 2012 38 Views
A bill to require participation in public service and engagement in an active job search as conditions for receipt of extended unemployment be...
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S.2062 - Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012Introduced Feb 02, 2012 41 Views
A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to repeal certain provisions relating to criminal penalties and violations of foreign laws, a...
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S.2054 - Stop the Outrageous Pay at Fannie and Freddie ActIntroduced Feb 01, 2012 63 Views
A bill to suspend the current compensation packages for the senior executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and to establish compensation for...
Recent Voting History
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On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan, of Florida, to be U.S. Circuit Judge)Abstain (against party)February 13, 2012
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S.1813 America Fast Forward Financing Innovation Act of 2011
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1813)February 09, 2012
Nay
(against party)
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S.1813 America Fast Forward Financing Innovation Act of 2011
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1813)February 09, 2012 Nay
(against party)
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02/14/12
Senators Challenge Insurance Mandate
...Cochran (R-MS), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), Sen. Kay
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ARRA News Service
02/13/12
DeMint criticizes Obama's spending habits in blog post
Senator Jim DeMint has written a less-than-stellar review of the Obama Administration's 2013 budget in a recent blog on his official website. "The president’s vision for the economy, and for the nation, is more of the same of what we’ve seen ...
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SCNow
02/13/12
Only Solution to ObamaCare’s Tyrannical Attack on Religious Freedom is Full Repeal
Well, we can’t say they didn’t warn us. Nancy Pelosi famously decreed that Congress must first pass ObamaCare to find out what’s in it. The problem with passing a 2,700 page government takeover of health care is that it gave unprecedented ...
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RedState
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Senators Challenge Insurance Mandate
...Cochran (R-MS), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), Sen. Kay
DeMint criticizes Obama's spending habits in blog post
Senator Jim DeMint has written a less-than-stellar review of the Obama Administration's 2013 budget in a recent blog on his official website. "The president’s vision for the economy, and for the nation, is more of the same of what we’ve seen ...
Only Solution to ObamaCare’s Tyrannical Attack on Religious Freedom is Full Repeal
Well, we can’t say they didn’t warn us. Nancy Pelosi famously decreed that Congress must first pass ObamaCare to find out what’s in it. The problem with passing a 2,700 page government takeover of health care is that it gave unprecedented ...
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02/10/12
Thurber's Thoughts: A discussion with Sen. Jim DeMint
Sen. Jim DeMint held a small briefing with several bloggers while at CPAC 2012 and I was fortunate to attend. I was a bit late to arrive as it took me longer than I thought to get from blogger's row to his suite and the discussion ...
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Maggie Thurber
02/10/12
A Few Moments With Senator Jim DeMint | Wizbang
Senator Jim DeMint (R, SC) is well known as the most conservative man in the upper chamber. He gave a rousing speech here at CPAC and afterward told a small gathering of us that many of the points he made will appear in ...
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Warner Todd Huston
02/10/12
Senator Jim DeMint Touts A Marco Rubio Presidency | The Shark Tank
South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint sat down with the Shark Tank at CPAC to talk about a slew of issues including the contentious Florida Republican Senate Primary race and the possiblility of Marco Rubio being tapped as ...
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Javier Manjarres
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Thurber's Thoughts: A discussion with Sen. Jim DeMint
Sen. Jim DeMint held a small briefing with several bloggers while at CPAC 2012 and I was fortunate to attend. I was a bit late to arrive as it took me longer than I thought to get from blogger's row to his suite and the discussion ...
A Few Moments With Senator Jim DeMint | Wizbang
Senator Jim DeMint (R, SC) is well known as the most conservative man in the upper chamber. He gave a rousing speech here at CPAC and afterward told a small gathering of us that many of the points he made will appear in ...
Senator Jim DeMint Touts A Marco Rubio Presidency | The Shark Tank
South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint sat down with the Shark Tank at CPAC to talk about a slew of issues including the contentious Florida Republican Senate Primary race and the possiblility of Marco Rubio being tapped as ...
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On December 29, 2009 Jim DeMint was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:
Following the attempted Christmas Day plane bombing, Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC] came under fire for his hold on President Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration. DeMint has had his hold on the nominee, Erroll Southers, since September. His objection: he thinks Southers would allow TSA workers to unionize.
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