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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) is one of the
rising stars in the GOP, constantly prodding Minority Leader...
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) from the right while feeling the love from conservative think tanks and bloggers. And DeMint gave some love back today at the ...
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DeMint: I Like Obama, But His Stimulus is A 'Mugging'
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Bipartisanship? DeMint Predicts Zero Senate GOP Votes For Obama’s Recovery Package.
Think Progress —
Yesterday, despite President Obama’s unprecedented outreach — which included multiple working sessions on Capitol Hill and a White House happy hour — zero House GOP members voted for the economic recovery package. Their reasoning was that Obama’s recovery package did not contain enough Bushonomics.
Today, hours after the GOP’s defiant no-vote, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor ironically penned an op-ed in Politico saying that the GOP should not simply become the party of “no” to the Obama agenda. “We pledge to become a party of inclusion, not exclusion,” he proclaimed: ...
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