... advisers and reaching out to world leaders. The Senate voted 94-2, with Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Jim DeMint of South Carolina opposing. Republicans and Democrats alike said her swift confirmation was necessary so that Obama ...

... congressional approval," wrote 26 Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Jeb Hensarling. Seven Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Jim DeMint, fired off a similar missive saying that without restructuring, "we do not believe any amount of money will succeed ...

... congressional approval," wrote 26 GOP lawmakers, led by Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas. Seven Senate Republicans led by Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina sent a similar letter saying that without restructuring, "we do not believe any amount of money will ...

... smear their rivals. Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, both D-Ark., voted for the bill. During debate, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., proposed to replace the Senate bill with a less sweeping version that passed the House last December ...

... delayed most of this week by objections from two of the bill's Republican opponents, Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Jim DeMint of South Carolina. Administration officials said Wednesday that further delay in getting the international food aid ...

... Republicans objected to that, too. Congress should first reduce spending on pet projects, known as earmarks, argued Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. "I'm not going to let the Senate spend all this money when nobody is looking, especially when we refuse ...

... outsized political clout to resist regulation while depending on the government to bail them out should they falter. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., was single-handedly delaying a final vote on the package until Saturday because Democrats refused to ...

... outsized political clout to resist regulation while depending on the government to bail them out should they falter. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., delayed the final vote because Democrats refused to allow him a vote on a proposal to ban the companies ...

... their constituents as a giveaway for Wall Street, and has little obvious direct benefit for ordinary Americans. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., a leading conservative, said the step was "leading us into the pit of socialism." Sen. Bernie Sanders ...

... women on adoption. 'We don't intend for it to force a woman to make one decision or another,' said sponsoring Rep. Jim DeMint, R-S.C." According to the AP article, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood said counselors already talk about ...