“Jim DeMint” on The Daily Caller

It is downright amazing that the most momentous, and contemptible, piece of legislation Washington has seen in the last 50 years passed without tempting one Republican in the entire Congress to cross the aisle and join in. History will forever recall that Obamacare, in all its budget-busting and government-expanding glory, is entirely a creation of the Democrats, from the secret meetings where all 2,700 pages were drafted, to its final passage. And the GOP stayed unified throughout; not a single cat was lost in the herd! (more)

South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint has introduced a bill to prevent a new Justice Department public pool regulation from taking effect on March 15. The rule would require that public-access pools be accessible to people with disabilities, either by a pool lift, sloped entry or a specialized type of stairs. (more)

Recent votes in the United States Senate demonstrate that bipartisanship is not dead. Given the votes in question, we might well wish that it were. And who would have guessed that the Senate’s filibuster rule, which now allows 41 senators to block almost any piece of legislation, would save us from bipartisan action? (more)

The Senate will vote this week on Senator Jim DeMint’s Senate Amendment 1589, which would eliminate all energy tax subsidies. The DeMint Amendment would end the usual games of Republicans subsidizing fossil fuels and Democrats subsidizing renewables. This vote will tell us, clearly, which senators think we as consumers should be in charge of making our own energy decisions and which senators want to make those decisions for us — at a cost of billions of our tax dollars. (more)

South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint became the third U.S. Senator to demand Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation or firing on Wednesday. (more)

South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint is just saying “no” to compromise with liberals. (more)

This week, Sen. Jim DeMint offered some advice to the Republican Party: “The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives. … There’s no longer room for moderates and liberals because we don’t have any money to spend, so I don’t want to be debating with anyone who wants to grow government.” (more)

South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint told The Daily Caller that he doesn’t want Texas Rep. Ron Paul to drop out of the presidential race — at least not quite yet. (more)

Following former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, the South Carolina primary is shaping up to be the last stand for many of his competitors. (more)

Republican presidential candidates and members of Congress applauded the National Labor Relation Board‘s decision to drop its complaint against aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Friday. And South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham is calling for a congressional investigation into the matter, said he would block Obama administration nominees to the NLRB until his questions are answered. (more)

James Madison, “The Father of the Constitution,” wrote: “In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” (more)

South Carolina senator and tea party stalwart Jim DeMint has endorsed former congressman Mark Neumann in the Wisconsin Senate Republican primary. (more)

Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann suggested that the United States should be more like China to spur economic growth. (more)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is calling for the firing of the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board after emails show him joking to colleagues about how they “screwed up” the U.S. economy. (more)

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Tea party favorite U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint says he won’t endorse a candidate in the 2012 presidential race, taking what could have been a huge bump in popularity off the table for candidates in early voting South Carolina. (more)

Texas Senate candidate Ted Cruz, currently polling second among Republican primary candidates and rising fast with the assistance of high-profile endorsements, has found himself the subject of a minor controversy. (more)

On Monday’s “Laura Ingraham Show,” DeMint, thought to be somewhat of a kingmaker in GOP politics, explained that he thinks the weakness in the Cain candidacy lies in his lack of experience in running for office. (more)

Calling President Barack Obama a “socialist” used to be considered taboo by left-wing critics of the right. But the president has not done much to alter that perception, at least according to South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint. (more)

Which federal programs would you cut? (more)

South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint threatened Wednesday to object to President Barack Obama’s requested jobs speech before a joint session of Congress on Sept. 7. (more)