Jim DeMint - Political Positions

Political Positions

• DeMint is ranked by The National Journal as one of the most conservative members of the Senate. Salon.com has called him "perhaps the most conservative member of the Senate."
• DeMint opposes spending increases of the federal government. He opposed federal bailouts for banks and automobile corporations.
• DeMint favors a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
• Senator DeMint has been a consistent supporter of organized and led school prayer and has introduced legislation that would allow schools to display banners such as one stating "God Bless America".
• DeMint opposes abortion, including in cases of rape and incest. He approves of abortion only when the mother's life is in danger.
• DeMint favors requiring all illegal immigrants in the United States to either return to their home countries or apply for legal residency. He is in favor of establishing the English language as the country's official language.

• Demint opposed the NATO intervention into Kosovo but supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq. He is an advisor to the Atlantic Bridge.
• DeMint visited Honduras in 2009 and met with de facto president Roberto Micheletti, a meeting that was opposed by US President Barack Obama's administration. The State Department officially viewed ousted president Manuel Zelaya as the legitimately elected president.
• Following an attempted terrorist attack on December 25, 2009, DeMint accused President Barack Obama of lacking focus on terrorism since taking office and of failing to appoint a head of the Transportation Security Administration.
• DeMint opposed President Barack Obama's health reform legislation; he voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in December 2009, and he voted against the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.