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Jim Demint

Senator DeMint: Al-Qaeda Is the Enemy, Not America's Unions

Stewart Acuff | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics

Read More: Police-Unions, Seafarers International Union, Tsa, TSA Security, Erroll Southers, Obama AFGE, Jim Demint, Iaff, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

Sen. DeMint placed a "hold" on Southers' nomination as head of the TSA because Southers will not come out against granting collective bargaining and other basic worker rights to 40,000 Transportation Security Officers.

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Flip-flopping With Jim DeMint

Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics

Read More: Tsa, War on Terror, New Security Action, Jim Demint, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Sen. Jim DeMint, Transportation Security Administration, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Danielle Celena Belton

Conservatives lare focusing on how often President Obama says the word 'terrorism.' Not on his actions. Not on his abilities. But word counting. This is where they want to take our national security debate.

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Jason Linkins

Obama's Use Of 'Terror': Reporters Still Struggling To Use Internet To Verify Claims

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.04.2010 | Media

Read More: Google, Peter King, Obama West Point Speech, Nwa Flight 253, Flight 253, Media Criticism, Terrorism, Barack Obama, Jim Demint, Media News

One of the last things I did in 2009 was to lament the awesome stupidity of a press corps that seemed unable to do even basic fact-checking, such as u...

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Jim DeMint Still Standing Firm Against TSA Nominee Erroll Southers

AP | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A Republican senator who is blocking confirmation of President Barack Obama's choice to head the Transportation Security Administra...

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McCaskill: DeMint 'Nuts' To Block TSA Nominee Over Benefits (VIDEO)

Posted 01.03.2010 | Politics

Read More: Claire McCaskill, Jim Demint Claire Mccaskill, Erroll Southers, Demint Tsa Nominee, Mccaskill Demint Nuts, Demint Mccaskill, Jim Demint, Demint Tsa, Politics News

On CNN Sunday morning, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said it was "nuts" for a Republican senator to hold up the confirmation of a Transportation Secur...

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"Bring It On" Dick Cheney and Jim DeMint

Rep. Eric J.J. Massa | Posted 12.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eric Massa, Ny-29, Accountability, Jim Demint, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Rep. Eric J.J. Massa

For the likes of the former Vice President to politicize national security in an attempt to score cheap political points is beyond unacceptable and his behavior will no longer be met with polite silence.

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Republican Hypocrisy on Terrorism Reaches New Levels of Awful

Bob Cesca | Posted 12.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, President Obama, Politico, War on Terror, Underpants Bomber, Terrorism, Guantanamo, Northwest Flight 253, Republican Hypocrisy, Jim Demint, Cable News, Richard Reid, Umar Abdulmutallab, Shoe Bomber, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Bob Cesca

Preside over the biggest terrorist attack in American history and it's an epic win for President Bush. Preside over a failed attack and it's an epic fail for President Obama.

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The Senate's "Starter Home" Health Reform

Sen. Tom Harkin | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Compromise, Senate, Medicare, Social Security, Jim Demint, Progressives, Politics News
Sen. Tom Harkin

I think of this bill as a starter home. It is not the mansion of our dreams, but it has a solid foundation, giving every American access to quality, affordable coverage.

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Jim DeMint Now Says Democrats Are Rushing TSA Nominee

AP | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A Republican senator who has been blocking President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration comp...

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Reid Will Force Confirmation Of TSA Administrator Errol Southers Back Into Motion

Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chad Mcgowan, Jim Demint Tsa, Harry Reid, Harry Reid Tsa, Tsa, Tsa Confirmation, Tsa Administrator, Jim Demint, Tsa Nomination, Politics News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will force the confirmation of a Transportation Security Administration chief back into motion as soon as the Senate...

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DeMinted Politics

Bob Franken | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obstructionism, 2012 Presidential Campaign, Jim Demint, Tsa, Terrorism, Senate, Politics News
Bob Franken

Almost no Republican is backing health care reform. So DeMint realizes he must always come up with other ways to stand out by standing in the way. And he has found quite few.

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TSA, Customs Agencies Still Lack Permanent Leaders Appointed By Obama

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unionize, White House, Tsa, Congress, Customs, Jim Demint, Travel, Obama, House, Department of Homeland Security, Senate, Erroll Southers, Janet Napolitano, Customs and Border Protection, Allen Bersin, Labor Union, Abdulmutallab, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top lea...

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TSA Without Leader Thanks To Jim DeMint

McClatchy Newspapers | Margaret Talev | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tsa Union, Detroit Plane Attack, Tsa, Confirmations, Obama Nominee, Demint, Detroit, Obama Confirmations, Sen. Jim DeMint, Tsa Administrator, Obama Nominees, Tsa Nomination, Jim Demint, Politics News

An attempt to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day would be all-consuming for the administrator of the Transport...

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GOP's New Prayer Guru Says Gays Possessed by "Homosexual Spirits"

Bruce Wilson | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Bachmann, California Gay Marriage, Thecall, Jim Demint, Sam Brownback, Randy Forbes, Lou Engle, Politics News
Bruce Wilson

Is Lou Engle on the road to being the Republican Party's semi-official prayer leader ? That would be notable for many reasons.

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Republicans Hijack Religion in Health Care Debate

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Research Council, Michele Bachmann, Am Brownback, Religious Right, Jim Demint, Rep. Randy Forbes, Tony Perkins, Senate, Prayercast, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

"Herod care" anyone? The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, head of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference led last night's "prayercast" co-spons...

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Lieberman, Republicans and Why Change Still Means Something

John R. Bohrer | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, 2004, Jim Demint, George W. Bush, Democrats, Democratic Party, Greg Sargent, 2012, 2010, Change, Michael Steele, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Republicans, Republican Party, Health Care, Jim DeMint Waterloo, 2003, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

Lieberman is too egotistic (and from too blue of a state) to come out and admit that his sole purpose is to block reform from happening. But Michael Steele isn't.

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Sam Stein

DeMint Would Be Bothered By Openly Gay President

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Demint Gay President, Demint Gays, Immoral, Jim Demint Homosexuality, Jim Demint, Politics News

Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said he would be troubled if the country elects an openly gay president, telling Bloomberg's Al Hunt that he finds homosex...

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Jim DeMint: 'I Need Some New Republicans' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) sees himself as something of a kingmaker in the Republican Party, and is actively supporting very conservative candidates run...

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DeMint To Endorse Michael Williams For Texas Senator

The Washington Post | Chris Cillizza | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: W, Demint, Michael Williams Texas Senate, Jim Demint, Texas Senate Race, Michael Williams, Texas Senate, Sen. Jim DeMint, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Politics News

Conservative South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R) will endorse Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams' Senate candidacy later today, a move design...

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Jason Linkins

Tea Party Movie Premieres With Congressional GOP In Attendance (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Party Activists, My Little Pony, Dick Armies, Freedomworks, Tom Price, Marsha Blackburn, Dick Armey, Joe Wilson, Tea Party, Jim Demint, John McCain, Politics News

Tea Party activists got to play the part of the glitterati Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC, where FreedomWorks debuted...

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DeMint: I Wish I'd Said 'You Lie' To Obama

Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Demint You Lie, Tea Party Patriots, Demint, Jim Demint You Lie, Tea Party Documentary, Jim Demint, Politics News

Glenn Thrush reports for Politico that at the premiere of a new documentary from FreedomWorks about the Tea Party Movement, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) s...

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Jason Linkins

Obama Appointments: This Day In Pointless Obstruction

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Lemieux, Hold Procedure, Charlie Crist, Parliamentary-Systems, Jim Demint, Tom Shannon, Politics News

If you thought that the filibuster was the only means by which senators could engage themselves in self-indulgent and pointless political warfare, thi...

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Republicans File Constitutional Amendment Limiting Bills to 5 Pages

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jim Inhofe, John Boehner, Jim Demint, Republicans, Conservatives, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, Trees, Comedy News
Paul Abrams

The battle for the soul of the Republican Party is over. Conservatives and the moderate have come together behind a constitutional amendment that would prohibit Congress from passing any bill longer than five pages.

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Sam Stein

DeMint: GOP Should Vote Against Bill Without Public Option (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Demint Monster, Monster Public Option, Demint Rebukes House Republicans, House Republicans, Demint Public Option, Jim Demint, Demint Health Care Abortion, Politics News

Even if a public option is removed from the Senate's health care legislation, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is urging all Republicans to kill the bill -- l...

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Arturo Valenzuela Confirmed as Asst. Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Lemieux, Latin America, Honduras, Jim Demint, Cuba, Thomas Shannon, Arturo Valenzuela, Western Hemisphere, Manuel Zelaya, Politics News
Steve Clemons

After a long, messy battle between Senator Jim DeMint and the Obama administration, Senator DeMint removed his holds on two key administration appointees.

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