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Jim DeMint

Sex scandals, Christian fundamentalism and American government

Global Politics

A look into The Family, the secretive, fundamentalist organization in the highest echelons of American power.

The money and the politics of the global AIDs epidemic

Health & Medicine

Congress Loses Its Most Senior Senator, Replaces DeMint, Debates Sandy Aid

Essay: The Roots of Opposition to the U.N. Disability Convention

Notes from the Conservative Political Action Conference

What Next for the Tea Party in South Carolina?

South Carolina is in many ways the epicenter of the Tea Party movement. Junior senator Jim Demint and Governor Nikki Haley were put into office by their Tea Party supporters. So  next week when conservative South  Carolinians  go to the polls to vote in the Republican primary, their party will face their first test of solidarity. Karen Martin […]

The World

Previewing the Senate’s likely ‘Tea Party bloc’

Global Politics

On election day, we take a look at the likely contours of Tea Party power.

The World

Senator DeMint on the Obama ‘Rampage’

Global Politics

South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint is one of President Obama’s most vocal critics on everything from the economy, health care reform to Cash for Clunkers. He joins The Takeaway with his take on how to correct the country’s path.

The World

The tussle over the TARP

Global Politics

Senate Republicans who oppose the release of the second $350 billion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, known as TARP, are facing an uphill battle. The Takeaway is joined by Republican Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina.