Jim DeMint

Immigration reform divides Republicans

2013-05-08 18:37:00

WASHINGTON — The immigration reform bill crafted by a bipartisan group of senators has deeply split the Republican minority even as lawmakers prepare to take the first votes on the proposal Thursday. Alabama's Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, a...

Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat

2013-05-07 18:36:00

WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...

South Carolina sends Mark Sanford back to House

2013-05-08 03:30:00

WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor's office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election, holding the seat for Republicans. Sanford...

Obama golfs with GOP senators

2013-05-06 14:10:00

WASHINGTON -- On the first green, President Obama put his arm around Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican. He shared his golf cart with Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Republican from Georgia. Obama hasn’t had much luck schmoozing GOP lawmakers in...

South Carolina election a dead heat, Democratic robopoll shows

2013-05-06 03:00:00

The high-profile House race between former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch is going down to the wire as a dead heat, according to a Democratic poll released Sunday night. The survey, by Public Policy Polling,...

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Orphan Black' on BBC

2013-05-03 12:22:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black A trip to the suburbs...

Jim DeMint: Still wrong on online sales taxes

2013-04-20 07:00:00

When he was a senator representing South Carolina, Jim DeMint argued that collecting sales taxes on Internet purchases was an impermissible form of taxation without representation. He's continuing this meme in his new role as head of the Heritage...

National GOP campaign arm withdraws Sanford's financial support

2013-04-17 12:42:00

WASHINGTON -- Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s comeback try encountered severe turbulence Wednesday when the National Republican Congressional Committee withdrew its financial support less than three weeks before a special election for...

Ex-Gov. Mark Sanford tops GOP congressional primary in S.C.

2013-03-19 19:39:00

WASHINGTON — Former Gov. Mark Sanford took a big step on the road to political redemption Tuesday, topping a large field of Republican candidates in the special election for a South Carolina congressional seat. A onetime rising star in the GOP,...

Goldberg: Fusion power on the right

2013-03-19 00:00:00

"At CPAC, the Future Looks Libertarian," read a dispatch on Time magazine's website. "CPAC: Rand Paul's Big Moment," proclaimed the Week magazine. Meanwhile, the New York Times headlined its story about the annual conservative political action...

Weekend Talk Shows: Scott Walker; Edward Albee; King Abdullah, II

2013-01-25 12:21:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 27 - Feb. 2, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show Clinton and Biden 2016 prospects; Inaugural...

Haley not considering a 'placeholder' to replace DeMint

2012-12-10 11:31:00

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, faced with finding a replacement following Sen. Jim DeMint’s sudden retirement, said Monday that she will not appoint a “placeholder appointee.” Talk of such an appointee, who would pledge to serve for...

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, shown addressing a rally organized by Americans for Progress in November 2010, has announced he is leaving Congress in January to lead the Heritage Foundation.

2012-12-07 17:03:00

In a sign of the shifting centers of power in Washington, Jim DeMint gave up a seat in the U.S. Senate to take over the conservative Heritage Foundation. Of course, it would be hard for him to accomplish less as a former senator than he did as a sitting one.

2012-12-03 00:00:00

In August, the political future of Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) seemed to have been terminated prematurely after he made a comment so medieval that it could have come from the lips of Thomas Aquinas.

2012-09-25 00:00:00