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	Jim DeMint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		DeMint was born in Greenville, South Carolina and educated at Wade Hampton High School in Greenville, the University of Tennessee and Clemson University.
		DeMint gave no reason why he felt this way, and it was speculated that he sat too far to the right of the mainstream, which caused Democrats to question his effectiveness as a potential Senator.
		DeMint is a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Special Committee on Aging, and the Joint Economic Committee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_DeMint (660 words)

	The DeMint factor - Salon
		DeMint quickly paid up after he was embarrassed by the newspaper's revelation, offering an excuse that he hadn't received timely notification of the overdue property taxes.
		DeMint's troubles date back to March 1987, when the IRS filed a lien for $1,050 in overdue taxes against James W. DeMint and DeMint Marketing Management Inc. He didn't satisfy the lien until October 1990, more than three years later.
		DeMint was elected to the House in 1998 to represent the small-town and rural Piedmont district, traditionally dominated by non-union textile mills but lately the site of foreign manufacturing investment, attracted by relatively cheap labor.
	dir.salon.com /story/opinion/conason/2004/10/07/demint/index.html (1294 words)

	Transcript for October 17 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com
		DeMINT: Well, they need a democratic government and if they choose, whatever their leaders are, they're going to choose that, and I think the president supports them setting up the government that they want, but we just need to make sure it's a democratic, accountable government, and that they can defend themselves against terrorists.
		DeMint, several people in the education world have said that you're disparaging the students, that here they are working hard, improving their scores and you're suggesting that they're not measuring up to national standards.
		DeMINT: I believe that's a local school board issue. And, Tim, I was answering as a dad who's put lots of children in the hands of teachers and I answered with my heart. And I should just say, again, I apologize that distracted from the real debate.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6267835 (5660 words)

	Online NewsHour \| Vote 2004 \| Key Races \| South Carolina Senate Race \| Jim DeMint
		DeMint has, however, moved away from his earlier calls to establish a national sales tax, saying that the media has treated him unfairly on the issue.
		DeMint is one of 54 cosponsors of a House bill that calls for a 23 percent national sales tax.
		In the House, DeMint is a member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, serving as vice chairman of the Subcommittee on Employer and Employee Relations.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2004/key-races/sc_demint.html (696 words)

	Rooftop Report: Jim DeMint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		DeMint, you were asked a question, and this was your answer about teaching in South Carolina.
		DeMINT: I believe that's a local school board issue and the voters of South Carolina want me to talk about how they're going to be safer, how they're going to have better jobs, how I'm going to save Social Security.
		DeMINT: Adoption is one of the issues I've pushed for in the Congress and anything else.
	www.rooftopreport.com /rooftopreport/archives/001257jim_demint.php (862 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'True conservative' replaces Hollings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		DeMint, 53, is a staunch conservative who has attacked the federal income tax system and Internal Revenue Service, proposing to replace both with a national sales tax.
		DeMint established himself in the House as one of its most conservative members on social issues as well as economic issues and foreign policy.
		DeMint comes from Greenville in a strongly conservative region of northern South Carolina, where economic growth has been dramatic and where cultural conservatism and evangelical fundamentalism are highly visible.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/vote2004/2004-11-03-demint-profile_x.htm (484 words)

	ABC News 4 Charleston - Jim Demint Issues Apology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim DeMint is apologizing for saying unwed, pregnant teachers should not work in public schools.
		DeMint defended that remark during an interview Tuesday with the Aiken Standard and said he would feel the same way about single, pregnant women who live with a boyfriend teaching if they were teaching a third grade child.
		In a prepared statement Wednesday DeMint says he was speaking as a parent who wants the best for children when he made the comment.
	www.abcnews4.com /news/stories/1004/178454.html (512 words)

	Jim DeMint: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		James W. "Jim" DeMint (born September 2 1951) is a U.S. Senator[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] from South Carolina South Carolina quick summary:
		The senate is one of the two houses of the congress of the united states, the other being the house of representatives....
		DeMint's candidacy drew public attention because of the positions he took.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ji/jim_demint1.htm (1121 words)

	GreenvilleOnline.com - Jim DeMint on June 22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		DeMint, who is finishing his third term in Congress, is one of the most exciting politicians to come this way in some time.
		But when DeMint knows that something is right, he'll stick by his decision even if the pressure is coming from the White House and a president he respects greatly, or if the pressure is coming from the textile industry in this area.
		Congressman DeMint has taken much heat for his belief that the only way to grow this nation's economy — and in particular, protect this region's manufacturing base — is to promote trade agreements that seek to expand our exports and create new markets for our products.
	greenvilleonline.com /news/opinion/2004/06/19/2004061933631.htm (636 words)

	PaulChesser.com
		DeMint represents the Palmetto State’s 4th District (including Greenville and Spartanburg), and is not opposed by a Democrat in the upcoming November elections, so he is spreading his ideas instead.
		DeMint spends a lot of time discussing other economic issues related to personal freedom, including individually-owned health insurance, eliminating the tax code, abolishing the IRS and implementing a national sales tax.
		DeMint said the Democratic Party bases their programs on the belief that people cannot control themselves, while he says faith in individuals was key to the creation of our country.
	home.nc.rr.com /paulchesser/jimdemint.htm (717 words)

	GreenvilleOnline.com - Jim DeMint for Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Jim DeMint has served the 4th Congressional District and his nation well during his six years in Congress.
		DeMint, a Republican, and state Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum, a popular Democrat, are running for the Senate seat that has been held for almost 40 years by Sen. Ernest F. Hollings.
		Jim DeMint is a proven leader who is needed in the U.S. Senate to push for real solutions to the major problems that threaten this nation's future.
	greenvilleonline.com /news/opinion/2004/10/24/2004102451469.htm (769 words)

	upstatebeat.com: Shannon's Law: Jim DeMint's Achilles Heel
		The fact that Democrat Inez Tenenbaum is sitting on a $2 million campaign war chest while her GOP rival Jim DeMint's most recent report shows him coming out of a bruising primary campaign with $97,633 in cash and outstanding debts of $243,852 means basically nothing.
		As of June 30, DeMint had spent $4.05 million; Tenenbaum had spent $1.05 million, but was not seriously challenged for her party's nomination.
		Jim DeMint's biggest weakness is also his raison d'etre: He wants to complete the social unraveling begun in the Reagan administration and advanced slightly by the first President Bush, even more so by his ideologically narrow son.
	www.metrobeat.net /gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid:2744 (1144 words)

	GOPUSA - News
		Candidate: Jim DeMint Marital Status: Married to his wife, Debbie, and has 4 children Age: 52 Career Achievement: Has earned the "Friend of the Taxpayer" award from Americans for Tax Reform, the "Spirit of Enterprise" award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and an A-rating from the National Rifle Association.
		DEMINT: I'll trust the voters to be the judge of that.
		DEMINT: I appreciate the President's efforts to address the problem of illegal immigration and the threat it poses to homeland security.
	gopusa.com /southcarolina/news/0407_demint_interview.shtml (1198 words)

	WLTX.com News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		DeMint then traveled to Camp Victory where he met and had lunch with members of the 111th Signal Battalion, a South Carolina National Guard unit.
		DeMint was briefed on the Battle of Fallujah, one of the most recent and noteworthy successful military operations.
		Despite the attack, DeMint was able to move into Fallujah for a firsthand look at daily life in the city.
	www.wltx.com /news/news19.aspx?storyid=25362 (535 words)

	Michael Graham on South Carolina, Jim DeMint & Republican Revolution on National Review Online
		She was successfully spinning Rep. Jim DeMint's support for replacing the income tax with a national sales tax as a tax hike on South Carolina families.
		DeMint must be doing something right, seeing as he derives some of his strongest support from the textile-heavy upstate region of South Carolina.
		And while it's true that DeMint isn't trumpeting tax reform as loudly as he once did, he refuses to back down from the idea that getting rid of the IRS is a good thing, even good enough to justify a national sales tax.
	www.nationalreview.com /mgraham/graham200411011102.asp (1047 words)

	Lowcountry NOW: Local News - Filling big shoes 01/05/05
		Jim DeMint was sworn in as a U.S. senator representing South Carolina on Tuesday, succeeding Fritz Hollings, who served in that position for 38 years.
		Jim DeMint sworn in as South Carolina's 55th U.S. senator, pledges more funding for roads.
		Jim DeMint was sworn in by Vice President Dick Cheney.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/010505/LOCdemint.shtml (470 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| Carolina Decides
		Jim DeMint began his Senate campaign as a relatively unknown candidate across most of South Carolina.
		DeMint's victory thwarted a comeback attempt by Beasley, who was bounced from the governor's office in 1998 after angering voters by calling for lowering the Confederate flag from atop the Statehouse and trying to ban video poker.
		Beasley, 47, was the early front-runner and beat the lesser-known DeMint by double-digits in the primary.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/special_edition/carolina_decides?ArID=66868&SecID=136 (657 words)

	Fiscal Conservative's Star Rises in Senate Bid (washingtonpost.com)
		When DeMint faces former governor David Beasley on Tuesday in a runoff for the GOP nomination, he carries with him the hopes of ardent economic conservatives in Washington, who see the three-term congressman as a potential champion.
		But DeMint has pushed one of the most dramatic, a plan that would allow workers to divert as much as 8 percent of their earnings, or three-quarters of their Social Security taxes, to private accounts that could be invested in stocks and bonds.
		But DeMint's position on taxes may be his most unorthodox, and the most invisible to his would-be voters, suggested Robert Botsch, a political scientist at the University of South Carolina at Aiken.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A54942-2004Jun19.html (1054 words)

	CNN.com - DeMint set to win clash with Tenenbaum - Nov 2, 2004
		DeMint, 53, a Greenville native who graduated from the University of Tennessee and who received an MBA from Clemson, was an advertising account representative for Scott Paper when he became involved in politics by volunteering for Bob Inglis' 1992 House race in the state's 4th district.
		DeMint is an abortion-rights opponent, is against stem cell research and in favor of the Bush tax plan.
		DeMint has had to defend, among other things, his call for national sales tax to replace the federal income tax, a move Tenenbaum declared would raise taxes on the middle class.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/02/senate.southcarolina (612 words)

	Townhall.com :: Columns :: Change in South Carolina by George Will - Mar 25, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		DeMint was one of 25 doughty House Republicans who, resisting intense White House pressure, voted against the Medicare prescription drug entitlement, partly because of its cost.
		But DeMint says the Medicare bill's provision for individual health savings accounts is ``the grain of sand in the oyster,'' from which a pearl of progress may emerge.
		DeMint has a House member's opinion of the Senate, which he says is ``where ideas go to die.'' Not if he gets there.
	www.townhall.com /columnists/georgewill/gw20040325.shtml (679 words)

	CNN.com - DeMint keeps lead in S.C. poll - Oct 13, 2004
		In a state that leans to the right, experts say DeMint's comments last week that homosexuals and unwed mothers shouldn't be school teachers could actually energize his conservative base.
		DeMint is the center of political conversations -- good or bad -- but he is not in control of the agenda, Vinson said.
		DeMint's campaign has failed to pin down Tenenbaum's campaign on a number of issues such as health care, Social Security or job growth, Vinson said.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/13/sc.senaterace.ap (851 words)

	:: GOP.gov :: News From Republicans in Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Jim DeMint (R-SC) is focusing on four reforms this year that help secure America's future.
		Jim DeMint, Chairman of the Congressional Citizen Legislator Caucus, had nothing but praise for Rep. Tillie Fowler following her decision to not seek re-election.
		Recently, the Greenville News published Rep. Jim DeMint's op-ed on the historic accomplishments of the Republican-led Congress.
	www.gop.gov /cc-page.asp?eId=7835 (229 words)

	News & Features \| Axis of evil
		And there is Jim Bunning, of Kentucky, who’s in a class by himself: last week he was re-elected despite widespread reports that he has Alzheimer’s disease, and even though two of his supporters had sneeringly suggested that his Democratic opponent was gay.
		Congressman DeMint, who defeated Democrat Inez Tenenbaum in the campaign to succeed another retiring senator, Democrat Ernest Hollings, belongs to a secretive religious organization with anti-Semitic leanings, and is a tax-cut hypocrite and an outspoken homophobe to boot.
		One of DeMint’s key issues during the campaign was getting rid of the federal income tax and replacing it with a 23 percent flat national sales tax.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/04256179.asp (1123 words)

	South Carolina Democratic Party Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Billy is the anthropomorphic embodiment of H.R. 25, Congressman Jim DeMint's bill to impose a 23 percent federal sales tax on almost everything South Carolinians buy.
		Campaign commercials by DeMint make no mention of H.R. 25, which would raise taxes on 95 percent of South Carolinians according to a study by the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy.
		In a speech to the Heritage Foundation on May 8, 2001, DeMint embraced changes to the tax code "that allows voters to see and feel the cost of government." Yet DeMint later confided to the Washington Post that he doubted his proposal would be very popular on the campaign trail.
	www.scdp.org /press.php?id=38 (257 words)

	Jim DeMint on Civil Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		DEMINT: DeMint was taken to task for comments he made that homosexuals and unmarried, pregnant women should not teach in public schools.
		In a moment - in a single statement - DeMint may have transformed himself from "innovative conservative" to "homophobic kook." He announced that he supports banning every openly gay teacher from South Carolina public schools.
		Tenenbaum immediately jumped on the comment as "un-American" and bizarre, the story flew across the nation on the internet and DeMint has single-handedly revived the old notion that South Carolina's democracy is only slightly more advanced than Afghanistan's.
	court.ontheissues.org /Domestic/Jim_DeMint_Civil_Rights.htm (798 words)

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