Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
James Warren "Jim" DeMintis an American politician who was a United States Senator from South Carolina from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leading figure in the Tea Party movement. He previously served as the United States Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. DeMint resigned from the Senate on January 1, 2013, to become president of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 September 1951
night years worry
I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It's a terrible thing to do.
support care devolution
I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
guy policy strategic
I like to be a strategic policy guy.
home museums needs
I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.
long support benefits
We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.
data analysis heritage
Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.
christian important principles
From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.
common republican lowest
What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.
government people reform
As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.
california cliffs trough
California is going to take themselves off the cliff culturally and economically, fiscally. They are going to be at the trough in Washington wanting a bailout.
party people tea
Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.
gay gay-marriage world
Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world's religions.
powerful ideas people
Ideas are more powerful than people.
running president plans
I have no plans to run for president.