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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, a tea party favorite known for bucking party leaders to back challenges to centrist veterans he didn't view as conservative...
...nomination of Morgan Christen, who becomes the first Alaska woman to serve on the 9th Circuit. Voting no were Republicans Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and David Vitter of Louisiana.Christen, 50, said after the vote she was...
...save consumers money. But the movement to repeal the "ban" has much more to do with politics than policy. As Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., explained to a reporter from The Hill newspaper. "It is just another government intrusion in our lives...
...rival, Sen. Lisa Murkowski. She also made a fundraising appeal for Miller. The "Change D.C." rally is also expected to include other conservative voices - like Sen. Jim DeMint and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee - via video.
...studies. Other Republican senators expressing doubts include Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Jim DeMint of South Carolina. The most inflammatory attack, however, has come from former presidential candidate Mitt Romney...
...dollars back home; in is talk of fiscal discipline. Within minutes of Murkowski conceding late Tuesday night, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., was among the conservative Republicans cheering Miller. "He pulled off the upset victory of the year...
...being addressed," she said. Murkowski's winning the top Republican position on the committee comes despite Sen. Jim DeMint's membership in the Republican Caucus. DeMint, R-S.C., was a prominent backer of Republican primary nominee...
...able to go forward: Mr. McConnell, after previously resisting, said that he would appoint conferees. Then, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., piped up to insist that a provision to restrict earmarks be included. Enough is enough. It's time...
...month's GOP primary for Senate. McConnell and other GOP leaders have been under pressure from conservatives such as Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who attacked Murkowski in a fundraising letter as a "big tent hypocrite" and "Republican-in-name-only...
...Randy Ruedrich, who remains as chairman of the state GOP party, as well as that from the likes of South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, whose support for Miller "continues to increase," said Matt Hoskins, a spokesman for DeMint's Senate Conservatives...