D000595 1951-09-02 340 Russell Senate Office Building http://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home 202-228-5143 Jim 'r':4 'sc':5 'jim':2,6,8 'sen':1 'demint':3,7,9 M 400105 DeMint Jim_DeMint W. Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC] N00002472 12827 Republican 202-224-6121 Presbyterian SC Jim DeMint 5.94444444444444 http://demint.senate.gov/public/ SenJimDeMint 400105 Person republican Sat Nov 07 11:08:18 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...that critics said was aimed at keeping him in power beyond his term. Mr. Zelaya denies that was his intention.Republican Sen. Jim DeMint lifted a hold Thursday he had placed on two key Obama administration nominees to top Latin American posts. Mr. DeMin 'mr':20,48 'aim':11 'jim':28 'key':39 'say':2 'sen':27 'top':44 'two':38 'deal':4 'deni':22 'hold':32 'keep':13 'lift':30 'post':47 'said':9 'term':19 'wall':50 'demin':49 'latin':45 'obama':40 'place':36 'power':16 'beyond':17 'critic':8 'demint':29 'nomine':42 'street':51 'zelaya':1,21 'hondura':3 'journal':52 'american':46 'thursday':33 'administr':41 'intention.republican':26 6608414 true true daylife Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/public/us OK http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125755708481535215.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama 400105 Person republican Thu Nov 05 22:25:51 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...opposition to two State Department nominees, saying that the administration has reversed course. South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint said on the Senate floor that he'd spoken with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who told him that the administ 'd':37 'end':7 'jim':28 'say':17 'sen':27 'two':13 'cite':1 'hold':8 'said':30 'told':46 'chang':2 'cours':23 'floor':34 'senat':33 'south':24 'state':14,42 'demint':6,29 'depart':15 'nomine':10,16 'polici':5 'revers':22 'spoken':38 'clinton':44 'hillari':43 'hondura':4 'opposit':11 'administ':50 'carolina':25 'democrat':51 'administr':20 'secretari':40 'republican':26 'underground':52 6593611 true true daylife Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/ OK http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4134634 400105 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:22:16 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Shannon to discuss my concerns about his nomination and U.S. foreign policy in the region." South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint had blocked Shannon's nomination, along with that of Arturo Valenzuela to be assistant secretary of state for Western 'jim':28 'new':3 'sen':27 'u.s':18 'along':35 'block':5,31 'nomin':8,16,34 'senat':4 'south':24 'state':46 'arturo':39 'assist':43 'demint':29 'polici':20 'region':23 'concern':13 'discuss':11 'florida':1 'foreign':19 'shannon':9,32 'western':48 'carolina':25 'diplomat':6 'mcclatchi':49 'secretari':44 'republican':26 'valenzuela':40 6604148 true true daylife McClatchy http://www.mcclatchydc.com/ OK http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/78488.html 400105 Person republican Fri Nov 06 11:16:27 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...members of the more conservative wing of the GOP – former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint – have already announced that they will support conservative challengers to Republican front-runners in US Senate races 'ny':2 'us':46 '-23':3 'gop':10,19 'jim':29 'sen':28 'mike':23 'race':48 'wing':16 'front':43 'senat':47 'south':26 'candid':22 'demint':30 'former':20 'member':11 'runner':44 'scienc':50 'troubl':6 'alreadi':32 'announc':33 'conserv':15,38 'huckabe':24 'monitor':51 'potenti':5 'preview':7 'support':37 'carolina':27 'challeng':39 'christian':49 'front-runn':42 'presidenti':21 'republican':41 6597879 true true daylife Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/ OK http://patchworknation.csmonitor.com/csmstaff/2009/1106/in-ny-23-a-potentially-troubling-preview-for-the-gop/ 400105 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 22:25:51 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...should be sent to the state, but say they will work together to keep the accused terrorists out of federal courts. U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint said Thursday he'll support U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's federal spending amendment that would bar putting taxpayer dol 'll':35 'bar':47 'dol':50 'jim':30 'put':48 'say':14 'sen':29,38 'u.s':28,37 'wis':51 'keep':20 'said':32 'sent':9 'want':3 'work':17 'accus':22 'amend':44 'court':27 'feder':26,42 'spend':43 'state':12 'trial':6 'would':46 'demint':2,31 'graham':1,40 'taxpay':49 'togeth':18 'detaine':5 'lindsey':39 'support':36 'militari':4 'thursday':33 'terrorist':23 6593612 true true daylife WIS http://www.wistv.com/ OK http://www.wistv.com/global/story.asp?s=11452814 400105 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 22:25:51 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... "It is dangerous to bring these terrorists onto U.S. soil and make targets out of our own communities," said Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. "Guantanamo Bay may cause the Obama administration heartburn, but shutting it down puts American lives in danger." DeM 'c':34 'r':32 'bay':36 'dem':52 'jim':29 'may':37 'put':47 'r-s':31 'sen':28 'u.s':6,17 'caus':38 'live':49 'make':20 'onto':16 'said':27 'shut':44 'soil':18 'bring':2,13 'obama':40 'danger':11,51 'demint':30 'target':21 'detaine':4 'american':48 'administr':41 'communiti':26 'heartburn':42 'mcclatchi':53 'necessari':8 'terrorist':15 'commentari':1 'guantanamo':3,35 6593613 true true daylife McClatchy http://www.mcclatchydc.com/ OK http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/78408.html 400105 Person republican Wed Nov 04 22:33:07 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Reid (D-Nev.) called for the third cloture vote on the bill to break a GOP filibuster. It passed 97-1. (That would be one Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) as the lone Republican to object in public on this round.) At that point, the GOP could have elected to requir 'c':42 'd':13 'r':40 '-1':32 '14':7 '97':31 'gop':1,27,58 'jim':37 'nev':14 'one':36 'r-s':39 'bill':23 'call':15 'fold':2 'lone':45 'pass':10,30 'post':65 'reid':11 'vote':20 'week':8 'break':25 'could':59 'd-nev':12 'elect':61 'fight':6 'point':56 'round':53 'third':18 'would':34 'clotur':19 'demint':38 'extens':9 'object':48 'public':50 'requir':63 'benefit':5 'filibust':28 'unemploy':4 'huffington':64 'republican':46 6582210 true true daylife Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/04/gop-folds-on-unemployment_n_346259.html 400105 Person sen\. Wed Nov 04 22:33:07 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...backing of some national party officials, but tea party activists already have circled in on her as their next casualty. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., endorsed her primary opponent, conservative State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, by citing his "willingness to 'c':33 'r':31 'gop':1 'jim':28 'odd':6 'r-s':30 'san':49 'sen':27 'tea':14 'back':7 'cite':44 'jose':50 'news':52 'next':25 'chuck':41 'circl':19 'devor':42 'moder':3 'oppon':37 'parti':11,15 'state':39 'demint':29 'endors':34 'nation':10 'offici':12 'alreadi':17 'conserv':4,38 'mercuri':51 'primari':36 'willing':46 'activist':16 'casualti':26 'assemblyman':40 6582208 true true daylife The San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/ OK http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13715459?source=rss 400105 Person senate Thu Nov 05 11:18:16 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...recruitment so much as it is to back away from the impression that they're in the business of anointing candidates.ITEM: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) endorses conservative California Senate candidate Chuck DeVore on the day that the NRSC-recruited candidate, '0':4 '1':7 'r':33 '23':2 'ny':1 're':22 'sc':34 'day':44 'jim':30 'sen':29 'away':16 'back':15 'busi':25 'much':10 'nrsc':48 'r-sc':32 'chuck':40 'devor':41 'erick':5 'palin':3 'senat':38 'anoint':27 'atlant':52 'candid':39,50 'demint':31 'endors':35 'conserv':36 'impress':19 'recruit':8,49 'erickson':6 'california':37 'nrsc-recruit':47 'candidates.item':28 6587410 true true daylife The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/ OK http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=1e510684e39a341acacc1fcbb3dd4f2d 400105 Person senate Wed Nov 04 22:33:07 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...legislation to extend unemployment insurance benefits as long as 20 weeks nationwide. The count was  97  to one, with Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) the only lawmaker to oppose the measure. The lopsided vote clears the way for final passage of the bill, whi 'c':42 'r':40 '20':26 '97':32 'hop':2 'jim':37 'one':34 'r-s':39 'sen':36 'way':55 'whi':62 'bill':61 'last':3 'long':24 'vote':16,52 'week':27 'clear':53 'count':30 'final':6,57 'hurdl':4 'insur':21 'oppos':47 'senat':1 'demint':12,38 'extend':19 'extens':11 'lawmak':45 'legisl':17 'lopsid':51 'measur':49 'passag':7,58 'benefit':10,22 'independ':65 'unemploy':9,20 'nationwid':28 'washington':64 6582211 true true daylife The Washington Independent http://washingtonindependent.com/ OK http://washingtonindependent.com/66569/senate-hops-last-hurdle-before-final-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension-demint-is-only-no-vote 400105 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:22:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Speaking of Republican obstructionism, the White House made some concessions and convinced Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to let the Senate vote on a pair of key State Department nominees. * Also, Coburn's effort to remove political science ... 'c':22 'r':20 'jim':17 'key':32 'let':24 'r-s':19 'sen':16 'also':36 'anim':45 'hous':10 'made':11 'pair':30 'vote':27 'month':3 'polit':42,44 'remov':41 'senat':26 'speak':4 'state':33 'white':9 'coburn':37 'demint':18 'depart':34 'effort':39 'nomine':35 'scienc':43 'concess':13 'convinc':15 'republican':6 'washington':2 'obstruction':7 6604142 false true google blog Political Animal http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ OK http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/020851.php 400105 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:08:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 McGowan, a last-minute addition to the program, had fighting words for his opponent, Sen. Jim DeMint. "I'm a trial lawyer. I represent individuals in South Carolina against the biggest corporations and insurance companies in the country ... 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'al':40 'et':39 'gop':23 'jim':37 'sen':8 'tri':16 'win':18 'back':25 'deep':1 'john':9 'less':27 'race':20 'wing':30 'charg':14 'hippo':5,51 'right':29 'senat':19,35 'start':44 'trash':45 'candid':47 'cornyn':10 'demint':38 'hungri':3,4,49,50 'stupid':2 'primari':36 'right-w':28 'california':34 'republican':31 6608410 false true google blog Hungry Hungry Hippos http://hungryhungryhippos.wordpress.com/ OK http://hungryhungryhippos.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/deep-stupid-26/ 400105 Person senate Sat Nov 07 11:08:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Barbara Boxer's Senate seat in 2010. This past week, he got the seal of approval from the party base: an endorsement by the Senate Conservative Fund and the explicit backing of conservative darling Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). ... 'c':52 'r':50 'gop':3 'got':23 'jim':47 'r-s':49 'sen':46 'tea':5 '2010':18 'back':42 'base':31 'darl':45 'fund':38 'last':11 'ontd':1,53 'past':20 'seal':25 'seat':16 'week':21 'boxer':13 'choos':4 'parti':6,30 'polit':2,54 'senat':15,36 'approv':27 'demint':48 'endors':33 'barbara':12 'birther':7 'conserv':37,44 'explicit':41 6608412 false true google blog ONTD: Politics http://ontd_political.livejournal.com/ OK http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_political/4557691.html 400105 Person senator Fri Nov 06 22:22:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 This nomination was reported out of the Committee on Foreign Relations on July 28, 2009; hold placed by Senator Jim DeMint, R-SC over Honduras. Alan D. Solomont, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of ... 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'r':39 'sc':40 'jim':36 'sen':35 'deal':8 'fact':20 'hill':30 'hold':43 'inde':28 'know':15 'last':32 'note':50 'r-sc':38 'time':12 'night':33 'nomin':49 'posit':27 'state':24 'beyond':4,54 'demint':37 'depart':25 'incent':21 'releas':41 'report':31 'america':2,52 'central':1,51 'rethink':5 'shannon':45 'honduran':7 'valenzuela':47 6604146 false true google blog Central America and beyond http://davidholiday.com/weblog/blogger.html OK http://davidholiday.com/weblog/2009/11/rethinking-honduran-deal.html 400105 Person senator Fri Nov 06 22:22:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The confirmation comes months after the nomination of Valenzuela to replace current Asst. Secretary Thomas Shannon, whose appointment by President Obama to Ambassador of Brazil had also been blocked by Senator Jim Demint. ... 'jim':39 'also':34 'asst':20 'come':10 'wait':7 'block':36 'latin':2,42 'month':11 'nomin':14 'obama':28 'senat':38 'thoma':22 'whose':24 'brazil':32 'demint':40 'presid':27 'replac':18 'appoint':25 'confirm':5,9 'current':19 'shannon':6,23 'secretari':21 'ambassador':30 'valenzuela':4,16 'americanist':3,43 6604145 false true google blog The Latin Americanist http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/ OK http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/valenzuela-confirmed-shannon-waits.html 400105 Person senate Fri Nov 06 22:22:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Cost of Senator Jim DeMint's (R-SC) amendment this year to expand the border wall with Mexico, despite serious questions regarding its effectiveness. The amendment, which passed the Senate, was dropped from the final bill. ... 'q':3 'r':21 'sc':22 'gop':9 'jim':17 'bill':50 'blog':52 'cost':14 'drop':46 'fire':12 'much':5 'pass':42 'r-sc':20 'wall':30 'wast':10 'year':25 'amend':23,40 'final':49 'frank':1 'money':7 'senat':16,44 'border':29 'demint':18 'despit':33 'effect':38 'expand':27 'mexico':32 'regard':36 'sharri':2 'taxpay':6 'serious':34 'question':35 6604144 false true google blog The Blog http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-sharry/q-how-much-taxpayer-money_b_348897.html 400105 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:22:17 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...that this government be created immediately." While it's not clear the deal will be salvaged, it at least made way for Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), who opposed the Obama administration's efforts to negotiate Zelaya's restoration to power, to lift his mont 'r':32 'sc':33 'jim':29 'sen':28 'way':26 'deal':5,18 'lift':49 'made':25 'mont':51 'r-sc':31 'clear':16 'creat':10 'least':24 'obama':37 'oppos':35 'power':47 'state':1 'demint':30 'effort':40 'govern':8 'immedi':11 'negoti':42 'restor':45 'salvag':21 'troubl':3 'zelaya':43 'hondura':4 'politico':53 'administr':38 6604149 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/1109/State_on_troubled_Honduras_deal.html 400105 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:22:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Jim DeMint had blocked two State Department nominees in opposition to the Obama adminstration's stance handling of the crisis in Honduras. But he said Thursday he was assured that the administration would recognize upcoming ... 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