Jim DeMint
Senator South
Carolina
Elected 2004
Committees:
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Foreign Relations
Joint Economic Committee
Fiscal Cliff negotiations:
“Speaker Boehner’s $800 billion tax hike will destroy
American jobs and allow politicians in Washington
to spend even more.”
Jim DeMint, regarding House Speaker Boehner’s Monday, 3 December offer to the White House to avoid the Fiscal Cliff.
Ratings for 2010:
Liberal: less
defense spending
protect
civil liberties, human rights
ACLU American Civil
Liberties Union 7
Protect
individuals from legal infringements on rights
Liberal
labor
LCV League of
Conservation Voters 14
Pro-environmental
protection
Promote
electronic commerce and innovation
NTU National
Taxpayers Union 96
Pro-taxpayer
rights
Pro-business
Conservative: foreign policy
social
and budget issues
CFG Club for Growth 100
Pro-tax
limitation
Conservative: promotes marriage and family
oppose
abortion
Votes in 111th Congress: 2009 – 2010
No Overturn Ledbetter
Extend
statute of limitations in pay discrimination
No Pass $787
Billion Stimulus
Funds to
revive U.S.
Yes Repeal
DC
Repeal Washington
DC
No Confirm Sonia Sotomayor
Confirm
Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court
No Pass Health Care Bill
Provides
insurance for people without health insurance
No Regulate Financial Firms
New federal
regulations on financial services firms
No Pass Tax Cuts for Some
Bush era
tax cuts to continue for incomes under $250,000
No Legalize Immigrants’ Kids
Give
children of illegal parents path to legal status
No Ratify New START
Ratify
Strategic Arms Treaty with Russia
No Confirm Elena Kagan
Confirm Elena Kagan to Supreme
Court
Yes Stop EPA Climate Regulations
Oppose EPA
regulations of greenhouse gases under Clean Air Act
No Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lift ban on
openly gay people in military
Year Candidate Vote Campaign
Chest
2008 Jim
DeMint (R) 810,771 61% 7,199,774
Alvin
Greene (D) 364,598 28
Tom
Clements (Grn) 121,472 9
Grn Green
Party
2004 Jim
DeMint (R) 857,167 54% 9,036,086
Inez
Tenenbaum (D) 704,384 44 6,265,786
South Carolina
Population 2010: 4,625,364
State Rank: 24th
Change since 2000: up
15.3%
Urban: 59%
Rural: 41
Cities:
Mount Pleasant 67,843
Median Income: 43,480
Median Home Value: 136,300
Private Employment: 77%
Government Employment: 17
Self-Employed: 6
Poverty: 16
Blue Collar: 25
White Collar: 56
Median Age: 37
Over 65: 13%
Under 18: 24
High School Graduates: 83%
College Graduates: 24
Graduate Degree: 8
Veterans: 11%
Registered Voters 2010:
No Party Registration
Voter Turnout - 1,365,480
Turnout, Voting Age -
39%
White: 64%
Black: 28
Hispanic: 5
Asian: 1
2008 Presidential Vote:
John McCain (R) - 1,034,896 54%
Barack Obama (D) - 862,449 45
2004 Presidential Vote:
George W. Bush (R) - 937,974 58%
John Kerry (D) - 661,699 41
Jim DeMint's Voting History:
Votes in the 110th Congress: 2007 – 08
No Raise CAFE standards
Limit
debate on setting higher fuel standards for vehicles
No Expand SCHIP
Expand
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
* Cap Greenhouse Gases
Limit
debate on setting Cap and Trade system to curb climate change
No Bailout Financial Markets
$700
billion dollar bailout of financial industry
Yes Make English Official Language
English the
official language of the US
No Path to Citizenship
Limit
debate on immigration reform bill
Yes Fetus is Unborn Child
Define
fetus as an unborn child
No Prosecute Hate Crimes
Limit
debate on measure funding prosecution of hate crimes
No Withdraw Troops March, 2008
Withdrawal
of most US Iraq
Yes Iran Guard is Terrorist Group
Iranian
Revolutionary Guard is terrorist group
Yes Increase
Missile Defense Funding
Increase
funding for missile defense
Yes Overhaul FISA
Overhaul
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
* Absent
Votes in the 109th Congress: 2005 – 06
No Bar ANWR Drilling
Bar oil and
gas leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Yes FY06 Spending Curb
Curb
federal entitlement spending
Yes Estate Tax Repeal
Limit
debate on proposal to permanently repeal estate tax
No Raise Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage to $7.25
Yes Confirm Samuel
Alito
Confirm
Samuel Alito as Associate Justice, Supreme Court
No Path to Citizenship
Path to
citizenship for illegal immigrants
Yes Bar Same Sex Marriage
Limit
debate on Constitutional amendment for marriage to man, woman
No Stem Cell Research Funding
Federal
funds for embryonic stem cell research
Yes Limit
Interstate Abortion
Prohibit
minors crossing borders for abortion without parental consent
Yes CAFTA
Central
American Free Trade Agreement
No Urge Iraq
Start
withdrawing US troops from Iraq
No Provide Detainee Rights
Habeas
Corpus rights for military detainees
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