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NRO: Q&A; With DeMint on Auto Bailout
Posted by Jim's Staff 12/11/2008 - 05:23:42 PM
National Review has posted a recent interview with Sen. DeMint on the auto bailout in which he lays out the reasoning for the growing GOP opposition to getting it passed.

The House passed a $14-billion, stopgap bailout of the automotive industry on Wednesday night. But in the Senate, Republicans have the votes to prevent it. And despite urging from the exiting Bush administration, they appear poised to do so.

This is big. Normally, lame-duck congresses concern themselves with far less consequential matters. The addition of seven or eight more Democrats in the next Congress may come weeks too late to prevent the bankruptcy (or, in the worst case, failure) of General Motors.

In the hours leading up to the critical votes, NRO spoke with Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.), a staunch opponent of the bailout.

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FOX: Ensign Won't Support Current Bailout Proposal, Says Bankruptcy Is Best Option
Posted by Jim's Staff 12/10/2008 - 03:41:34 PM
Following Wednesday's news conference, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) explains in an interview with FOX News that the auto bailout proposal needs to be changed significantly before he would consider supporting it. He also echoes Sen. DeMint's opinion that it would be better for the bill to fail and for Detroit's Big Three to be forced to restructure under Chapter 11 bankruptcy:


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GOP Senators Voice Opposition to Auto Bailout Proposal
Posted by Jim's Staff 12/10/2008 - 03:25:54 PM
Republican Sens. Richard Shelby (Ala.), John Ensign (Nev.), David Vitter (La.), Tom Coburn (Okla.) and Jim DeMint (S.C.) explain their opposition to the proposal auto bailout for Detroit's Big Three during a press conference on Wednesday:


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FOX: DeMint Introduces Drill Now Act
Posted by Jim's Staff 10/02/2008 - 11:29:10 AM

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DeMint Explains Opposition to Bailout
Posted by Jim's Staff 10/01/2008 - 01:08:31 PM
Sen. DeMint speaks on the Senate floor about why he opposes the bailout bill being pushed though Congress and who is really to blame for the financial fallout on Wall Street:



Text of Senator DeMint's remarks:

(Senate - October 01, 2008)

Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I have friends and colleagues whom I respect deeply who are on all sides of this bailout issue. One of them just spoke. We all to want do what is right for America, and I believe those who have crafted this plan had pure and noble motives. They want this country to succeed. They want prosperity. I just do not believe that this bill gets the job done. In fact, in the long term, I am convinced it will do more harm than good.

We are the Nation that has been called the bastion of freedom, and we are the Nation that has sacrificed blood and treasure to share that freedom with the world. We have fought communism, dictators, and tyranny. We have helped establish democracies and free-market economies across the globe. Because of America, millions of people are now electing their leaders, and millions have been taken out of poverty and enjoyed prosperity. Yet as the blood of our young men and women falls on foreign soil in the defense of freedom, our own Government appears to be leading our country into the pit of socialism....

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October 1: American Energy Freedom Day
Posted by Senator Jim DeMint 10/01/2008 - 09:47:42 AM
With all that is going on in Washington this week it can be hard to decipher the good from the bad. However, as Congress wraps up work it appears there is indeed a reason to celebrate: American Energy Freedom Day has finally arrived.

Thanks to pressure from the American people who are suffering at the pump, Democrats have reluctantly stepped aside and allowed the bans on oil shale and offshore drilling for oil and natural gas to expire. And the credit goes to you, the American people. Without the letters and phone calls to Capitol Hill and the urgent cries for energy freedom in townhall meetings throughout the country, this never would have happened. However, allowing the ban to expire is only the first step in enabling increased American energy production.
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FOX: DeMint Questions Constitutionality of Bailout
Posted by Jim's Staff 09/27/2008 - 01:27:03 PM

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BLOOMBERG: DeMint Says Government to Blame for Economic Crisis
Posted by Jim's Staff 09/26/2008 - 05:12:16 PM
During an interview with Bloomberg News, Sen. DeMInt says government is to blame for the current economic crisis, not free market principles:


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ABC: Current Bailout Plan Highly Unpopular
Posted by Jim's Staff 09/25/2008 - 06:18:22 PM
With the help of Sen. DeMint's front office staff and a face-to-face interview with the senator himself, ABC's Jake Tapper reports on the widespread opposition to the bailout around the country and on Capitol Hill:


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DeMint Questions Bernanke on Bailout
Posted by Jim's Staff 09/24/2008 - 06:28:04 PM
Sen. DeMint asks Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke about the current state of the economy and questions the wisdom of the $700-billion Wall Street bailout proposal during the Joint Economic Committee hearing:


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