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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

Jim DeMint

The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
JIM DEMINT

Party Politician Tea
No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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Funding Parenthood Protect
Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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Character Running School
If we’re able to stop Obama on [health care reform], it will be his Waterloo. It will break him and we will show that we can, along with the American people, begin to push those freedom solutions that work in every area of our society.
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People Political Reform
Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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Country Dependent Federal Government People
If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.
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Gay School Teaching
As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society’s most vulnerable.
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Government People Reform
We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.
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Benefits Long Support
I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they’re active, informed, and engaged.
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Country People Want
I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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Contentious Even Play Roles
Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.
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Demand Fuel Government
So, the point I’m making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it’s the job of every congressman and senators to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.
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Cutting Jobs Thinking
I think I’m the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.
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Mirrors President Thinking
Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.
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Children Country Government
I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It’s a terrible thing to do.
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Night Worry Years
Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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Behind Children Left States

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