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  1. 11-11-2008, 10:50 PM #1
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    DeMint Signals Change in Senate

    Senator DeMint to team once again with Sen. Jeff Sessions, as they did in defeating the amnesty legislation, to form proactive conservative leadership.


    DeMint Signals Change in Senate

    by Elisabeth Meinecke

    11/10/2008

    Sen. Jim DeMint has been renamed chairman of the Senate Republican Steering Committee -- the unofficial caucus of Senate conservatives -- for the 111th Congress, and he wants the change in Washington to begin in his own party.

    “We have a shortage of courage, and we also have a shortage of vision based on our core principles,â€
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  2. 11-12-2008, 11:48 AM #2
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    DeMint wants to remove the current seniority system, which he feels has hurt the Republican Party in the Senate. He also mentioned a two-year moratorium on earmarks.
    Sen. DeMint is absolutely right about the Senate seniority system. It's the same system that places folks like Arlene Specter (been in the Senate since 1981) in leadership roles.

    "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**

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