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Jim DeMint

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James Warren DeMint (born September 2, 1951) is an American writer and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina from 2005 to 2013. [1]

145 relations: Abortion, Alvin Greene, Automotive industry crisis of 2008–10, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor's degree, Balanced budget amendment, Ballotpedia, Barack Obama, Bloomberg News, Bob Inglis, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, C Street Center, C-SPAN, Center for Responsive Politics, Christ Church Episcopal School, Citizens for Self-Governance, Classes of United States Senators, Clemson University, Constitution Party (United States), Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, Cover band, David Beasley, Democratic Party (United States), Earmark (politics), Edwin Feulner, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, English-only movement, Fritz Hollings, Glenn G. Reese, GOProud, Governor of South Carolina, GovTrack, Green Party of the United States, Greenville, South Carolina, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Hillary Clinton, Homosexuality, HuffPost, Human Rights Campaign, IMDb, Impeachment in the United States, Inez Tenenbaum, Internal Revenue Service, Iraq, James M. Henderson, John J. Patterson, John Kerry, John McCain, Kosovo War, ..., Libertarian Party (United States), Libya, Lindsey Graham, List of United States Representatives from South Carolina, List of United States Senators from South Carolina, Liz J. Patterson, Manuel Zelaya, Marco Rubio, Market research, Master of Business Administration, Medicare Part D, Mike Fair, Mike Lee (American politician), Minority leader, Mitch McConnell, National Education Association, National LGBTQ Task Force, National Organization for Women, NATO, New Hampshire Union Leader, Nikki Haley, NNDB, No Child Left Behind Act, Northwest Airlines Flight 253, NPR, On the Issues, Participatory Politics Foundation, Pat Toomey, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Political action committee, Politico, PolitiFact, Primary election, Rand Paul, Reconstruction era, Republican Party (United States), Residency (domicile), Roll Call, Ron Johnson (American politician), Salon (website), Same-sex marriage, School prayer, Senate Conservatives Fund, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Single parent, Social Security (United States), South Carolina, South Carolina Senate, South Carolina's 4th congressional district, Spartanburg, South Carolina, State school, Stem cell, Talking Points Memo, Tea Party movement, The Diane Rehm Show, The Greenville News, The Heritage Foundation, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Think tank, Thomas J. Robertson, Thomas Porteous, Thomas Ravenel, Tim Scott, Transportation Security Administration, United Citizens Party, United Nations, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, United States, United States anti-abortion movement, United States Congress, United States Congress Joint Economic Committee, United States debt ceiling, United States federal government shutdown of 2013, United States House of Representatives, United States Secretary of State, United States Senate, United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2004, United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2010, United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate special election in South Carolina, 2014, University of Tennessee, Vic Rawl, Vote Smart, White House, WorldCat, 109th United States Congress, 111th United States Congress, 113th United States Congress, 2009 Honduran coup d'état, 2011 military intervention in Libya. Expand index (95 more) »

Abortion

Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.

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Alvin Greene

Alvin Michael Greene (born August 30, 1977) is an American political candidate from the state of South Carolina.

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Automotive industry crisis of 2008–10

The automotive industry crisis of 2008–2010 was a part of a global financial downturn.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.

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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Balanced budget amendment

A balanced budget amendment is a constitutional rule requiring that a state cannot spend more than its income.

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Ballotpedia

Ballotpedia is a nonpartisan online political encyclopedia.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News is an international news agency headquartered in New York, United States and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.

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Bob Inglis

Robert Durden Inglis Sr. (born October 11, 1959) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2011.

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Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013

The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 was a proposed immigration reform bill introduced by Sen.

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C Street Center

The C Street Center is a three story brick townhouse in Washington, D.C. operated by The Fellowship.

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C-SPAN

C-SPAN, an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable and satellite television network that was created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service.

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Center for Responsive Politics

The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C., that tracks the effects of money and lobbying on elections and public policy.

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Christ Church Episcopal School

Christ Church Episcopal School (CCES) is an independent school in Greenville, South Carolina, serving 1,147 students in grades Primer (K)-12.

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Citizens for Self-Governance

Citizens for Self-Governance (CSG) is a conservative American political organization aligned with the Tea Party movement.

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Classes of United States Senators

The three classes of United States Senators are made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats each.

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Clemson University

Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant and sea-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina.

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Constitution Party (United States)

The Constitution Party, previously known as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party, is a national political party in the United States.

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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human rights treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities.

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Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution

A Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also called an Article V Convention, or Amendments Convention, called for by two-thirds (currently 34) of the state legislatures, is one of two processes authorized by Article Five of the United States Constitution whereby the Constitution, the nation's frame of government, may be altered.

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Cover band

A cover band (or covers band), is a band that plays mostly or exclusively cover songs.

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David Beasley

David Muldrow Beasley (born February 26, 1957) is an American politician who is the Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Programme. Beasley served one term as the 113th Governor of South Carolina from 1995 until 1999, as a member of the Republican Party. Beasley, a native of Lamar, South Carolina, began his political career as a member of the Democratic Party, but switched to the Republican Party in September 1991, three years before his election as governor. His first run for public office came in 1978, when, as a 21-year-old junior attending Clemson University, he unexpectedly won a seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He later graduated from the University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina School of Law.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Earmark (politics)

In the United States and South African public finance, an earmark is a provision inserted into a discretionary spending appropriations bill that directs funds to a specific recipient while circumventing the merit-based or competitive funds allocation process.

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Edwin Feulner

Edwin John Feulner Jr. (born August 12, 1941) served as President of the conservative think tank, The Heritage Foundation from 1977 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2018.

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Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Division A of), commonly referred to as a bailout of the U.S. financial system, is a law enacted subsequently to the subprime mortgage crisis authorizing the United States Secretary of the Treasury to spend up to $700 billion to purchase distressed assets, especially mortgage-backed securities, and supply cash directly to banks.

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English-only movement

The English-only movement, also known as the Official English movement, is a political movement for the use of only the English language in official United States government operations through the establishment of English as the only official language in the US.

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Fritz Hollings

Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (born January 1, 1922) is a former American politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005.

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Glenn G. Reese

Glenn G. Reese (born January 6, 1942) in Greenville, South Carolina is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 11th District based out of Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

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GOProud

GOProud was an American tax exempt 527 organization supported by conservative gay men, lesbians, and their allies.

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Governor of South Carolina

The Governor of the State of South Carolina is the head of state for the state of South Carolina.

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GovTrack

GovTrack.us is a website developed by then-student Joshua Tauberer.

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Green Party of the United States

The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a green federation of political parties in the United States.

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Greenville, South Carolina

Greenville (locally) is the largest city in and the seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States.

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Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 is a law that was enacted by the 111th United States Congress, by means of the reconciliation process, in order to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, and the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

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Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the largest LGBT civil rights advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the United States.

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IMDb

IMDb, also known as Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to world films, television programs, home videos and video games, and internet streams, including cast, production crew and personnel biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.

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Impeachment in the United States

Impeachment in the United States is the process by which the lower house of a legislature brings charges against a civil officer of government for crimes alleged to have been committed, analogous to the bringing of an indictment by a grand jury.

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Inez Tenenbaum

Inez Moore Tenenbaum (born March 8, 1951) is an American attorney from South Carolina who served as Chairman of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government.

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Iraq

Iraq (or; العراق; عێراق), officially known as the Republic of Iraq (جُمُهورية العِراق; کۆماری عێراق), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.

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James M. Henderson

James Marvin Henderson, Sr. (March 28, 1921 – October 31, 1995), was a pioneering advertising executive in the American South and a figure in the South Carolina Republican Party.

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John J. Patterson

John James "Honest John" Patterson (August 8, 1830September 28, 1912) was a businessman and United States Senator from South Carolina.

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John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017.

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John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, a seat he was first elected to in 1986.

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Kosovo War

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Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party (LP) is a libertarian political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism and shrinking the size and scope of government.

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Libya

Libya (ليبيا), officially the State of Libya (دولة ليبيا), is a sovereign state in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.

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Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Olin Graham (born July 9, 1955) is an American politician and retired U.S. Air Force colonel serving as the senior United States Senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2003.

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List of United States Representatives from South Carolina

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of South Carolina.

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List of United States Senators from South Carolina

South Carolina ratified the United States Constitution on May 23, 1788.

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Liz J. Patterson

Elizabeth Johnston Patterson (born November 18, 1939) is an American politician from the Democratic Party.

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Manuel Zelaya

José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952)Encyclopædia Britannica, is a Honduran politician who was President of Honduras from 27 January 2006 until 28 June 2009.

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Marco Rubio

Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician, attorney, and the junior United States Senator for Florida.

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Market research

Market research (also in some contexts known as industrial research) is any organized effort to gather information about target markets or customers.

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Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration (MBA or M.B.A.) is a master's degree in business administration (management).

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Medicare Part D

Medicare Part D, also called the Medicare prescription drug benefit, is an optional United States federal-government program to help Medicare beneficiaries pay for self-administered prescription drugs through prescription drug insurance premiums (the cost of almost all professionally administered prescriptions is covered under optional Part B of United States Medicare).

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Mike Fair

Michael L. 'Mike' Fair (born June 16, 1946) is an American politician who represented the 6th District in the South Carolina Senate.

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Mike Lee (American politician)

Michael Shumway Lee (born June 4, 1971) is an American politician, author, and attorney who is the junior United States Senator from Utah.

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Minority leader

In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body.

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Mitch McConnell

Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr. (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician who has served as the senior United States Senator from Kentucky since 1985.

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National Education Association

The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest professional interest group in the United States.

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National LGBTQ Task Force

The National LGBTQ Task Force is an American social justice advocacy non-profit organizing the grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community.

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National Organization for Women

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization founded in 1966.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord; OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.

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New Hampshire Union Leader

The New Hampshire Union Leader is the daily newspaper of Manchester, the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.

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Nikki Haley

Nimrata "Nikki" Haley (née Randhawa, born January 20, 1972) is an American politician who is currently the 29th United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

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NNDB

The Notable Names Database (NNDB) is an online database of biographical details of over 40,000 people of note.

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No Child Left Behind Act

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001(NCLB) was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; it included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students.

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Northwest Airlines Flight 253

Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was an international passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands, to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, United States.

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NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

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On the Issues

On the Issues or OnTheIssues is an American non-partisan, non-profit organization providing information to voters about candidates, primarily via their web site.

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Participatory Politics Foundation

The Participatory Politics Foundation (PPF) is a United States non-profit organization which jointly operates the OpenCongress.org website, which is intended to encourage transparency in lawmaking and to make it easier to engage with government.

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Pat Toomey

Patrick Joseph Toomey (born November 17, 1961) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States Senator for Pennsylvania, elected in 2010.

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often shortened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed Obamacare, is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.

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Political action committee

In the United States and Canada, a political action committee (PAC) is an organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.

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Politico

Politico, known earlier as The Politico, is an American political journalism company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally.

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PolitiFact

PolitiFact.com is a blog operated by the editorial board of theTampa Bay Times, in which reporters and editors from the Times and affiliated media seek to fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists, and interest groups.

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Primary election

A primary election is the process by which the general public can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

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Rand Paul

Randal Howard "Rand" Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American politician and physician serving as the junior United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011, alongside Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 (the Presidential Proclamation of December 8, 1863) to 1877.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Residency (domicile)

Residency is the act of establishing or maintaining a residence in a given place.

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Roll Call

Roll Call is a newspaper and website published in Washington, D.C., United States, when the United States Congress is in session.

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Ron Johnson (American politician)

Ronald Harold Johnson (born April 8, 1955) is an American businessperson, politician and the senior United States Senator for Wisconsin as a member of the Republican Party.

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Salon (website)

Salon is an American news and opinion website, created by David Talbot in 1995 and currently owned by the Salon Media Group.

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Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage (also known as gay marriage) is the marriage of a same-sex couple, entered into in a civil or religious ceremony.

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School prayer

School prayer, in the context of religious liberty, is state-sanctioned or mandatory prayer by students in public schools.

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Senate Conservatives Fund

The Senate Conservatives Fund is a United States political action committee (PAC) that supports conservative Republican Party candidates, primarily in the United States Senate, in primary and general elections.

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Sigma Alpha Epsilon (ΣΑΕ), commonly known as SAE, is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity.

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Single parent

A single parent is a parent that parents alone without the other parent's support, meaning this particular parent is the only parent to the child, responsible for all financial, material, and emotional needs.

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Social Security (United States)

In the United States, Social Security is the commonly used term for the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and is administered by the Social Security Administration.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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South Carolina Senate

The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives.

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South Carolina's 4th congressional district

The 4th Congressional District of South Carolina is a congressional district in upstate South Carolina bordering North Carolina.

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Spartanburg, South Carolina

Spartanburg is the most populous city in and the seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States, and the 12th-largest city by population in the state.

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State school

State schools (also known as public schools outside England and Wales)In England and Wales, some independent schools for 13- to 18-year-olds are known as 'public schools'.

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Stem cell

Stem cells are biological cells that can differentiate into other types of cells and can divide to produce more of the same type of stem cells.

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Talking Points Memo

Talking Points Memo (or TPM) is a web-based political journalism website created and run by Josh Marshall that debuted on November 12, 2000.

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Tea Party movement

The Tea Party movement is an American conservative movement within the Republican Party.

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The Diane Rehm Show

The Diane Rehm Show was an American NPR (National Public Radio) call-in show based in the United States.

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The Greenville News

The Greenville News is a daily morning newspaper published in Greenville, South Carolina.

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The Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Foundation (abbreviated to Heritage) is an American conservative public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage's policy study Mandate for Leadership.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Think tank

A think tank, think factory or policy institute is a research institute/center and organisation that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture.

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Thomas J. Robertson

Thomas James Robertson (August 3, 1823October 13, 1897) was a United States Senator from South Carolina.

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Thomas Porteous

Gabriel Thomas Porteous Jr. (born December 15, 1946) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

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Thomas Ravenel

Thomas Ravenel (born August 11, 1962) is a politician and former State Treasurer.

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Tim Scott

Timothy Eugene Scott (born September 19, 1965) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States Senator for South Carolina since 2013, from Republican Party.

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Transportation Security Administration

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that has authority over the security of the traveling public in the United States.

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United Citizens Party

The United Citizens Party (UCP) was first organized in 1969 in the U.S. state of South Carolina in response to the state Democratic Party's opposition to nominating black candidates.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty, is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), which took place between 1973 and 1982.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States anti-abortion movement

The United States anti-abortion movement (or the pro-life movement or right-to-life movement) contains elements opposing elective or therapeutic abortion on both moral and sectarian grounds and supports its legal prohibition or restriction.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States Congress Joint Economic Committee

The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) is one of four standing joint committees of the U.S. Congress.

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United States debt ceiling

The United States debt ceiling or debt limit is a legislative limit on the amount of national debt that can be incurred by the US Treasury, thus limiting how much money the federal government may borrow.

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United States federal government shutdown of 2013

From October 1 to October 17, 2013, the United States federal government entered a shutdown and curtailed most routine operations because neither legislation appropriating funds for fiscal year 2014 nor a continuing resolution for the interim authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2014 was enacted in time.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Secretary of State

The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of America, and as head of the U.S. Department of State, is principally concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government's equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (formerly the Committee on Banking and Currency) has jurisdiction over matters related to banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes, currency and coinage, public and private housing, urban development, mass transit and government contracts.

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United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure.

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United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2004

The 2004 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 2, 2004.

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United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2010

The 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 2, 2010.

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United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging was initially established in 1961 as a temporary committee; it became a permanent Senate committee in 1977.

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United States Senate special election in South Carolina, 2014

The 2014 United States Senate special election in South Carolina took place on November 4, 2014, concurrently with the regular election for the other South Carolina Senate seat.

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University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee (also referred to as The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, UT Knoxville, UTK, or UT) is a public sun- and land-grant university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.

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Vic Rawl

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Vote Smart

Vote Smart, formerly called Project Vote Smart, is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.

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WorldCat

WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories that participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative.

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109th United States Congress

The One Hundred Ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, from January 3, 2005 to January 3, 2007, during the fifth and sixth years of George W. Bush's presidency.

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111th United States Congress

The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011.

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113th United States Congress

The One Hundred Thirteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, from January 3, 2013, to January 3, 2015, during the fifth and sixth years of Barack Obama's presidency.

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2009 Honduran coup d'état

The 2009 Honduran coup d'état, part of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, occurred when the Honduran Army on June 28, 2009 followed orders from the Honduran Supreme Court to oust President Manuel Zelaya and send him into exile.

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2011 military intervention in Libya

On 19 March 2011, a multi-state NATO-led coalition began a military intervention in Libya, ostensibly to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_DeMint

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