"It's always safer in politics to avoid risk, to just kind of go along with the status quo. But I didn't get into government to do the safe and easy things." ~ Sarah Palin

Illegal Senate rule change in HR3590

December 26th, 2009 in Congress, Healthcare, Jim DeMint ~ No Comments

Our beloved Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) calling out the Senate rule change in the healthcare bill, which should have required a 67 vote majority for cloture instead of the usual 60 votes.


Coburn Challenges Senate Pay Raises

October 5th, 2009 in Congress, Jim DeMint, Spending, Taxes ~ No Comments

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) says that the Senate should lead by example. He and Jim DeMint are some of the few courageous enough to speak out and oppose this routine Senate bill (see my “Capitol Foolery” post).


Upcoming healthcare townhall meetings in SC

August 19th, 2009 in Bob Inglis, Healthcare, Jim DeMint, Townhall ~ No Comments

Here are some upcoming townhall meetings that you’ll want to make plans for. As you may have heard, these meetings are providing an incredibly effective way to tell our elected officials how you feel about socialized medicine.

Jim DeMint Townhall Breakfast
8/20 8:00am – 9:00am
Tommy’s Ham House
214 Rutherford Street, Greenville, SC

Jim DeMint Townhall Lunch
8/20 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Beacon Drive-In
255 John B. White, Sr. Boulevard, Spartanburg, SC

Jim DeMint Virtual Townhall
8/20 6:00pm
Sign on at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/senator-jim-demint

Bob Inglis Townhall
8/20 7:00pm – 8:30pm
R.D. Anderson Applied Tech. Center
1151 Moore Duncan Hwy 290, Moore, SC

Bob Inglis Townhall
8/24 7:00pm – 8:30pm
New Prospect Elementary School
9251 Highway 9, Inman, SC

Bob Inglis Townhall
8/25 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Lake Forest Elementary
16 Berkshire Ave., Greenville, SC


Jim DeMint virtual townhall tomorrow

August 19th, 2009 in Jim DeMint ~ No Comments

Visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/senator-jim-demint tomorrow at 6PM. You can’t miss it!

DeMint Virtual Townhall