http://www.redstate.com/senator_jim_demint Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:01:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A defining moment is coming in this year's health care debate. Yesterday, Democrat leaders announced they may soon bring Harry Reid's new health care bill to the Senate floor in an effort to grant the President’s wish for a government takeover of our nation’s health care by Christmas. This is ... http://www.redstate.com/senator_jim_demint/2009/11/18/dont-let-them-vote-for-a-government-takeover-of-health-care-before-they-vote-against-it/ The people of Honduras have struggled too long to have their hard-won democracy stolen from them by a Chavez-style dictator. The Honduran Congress, the Honduran Supreme Court, and the Honduran military have acted in accordance to the Honduran constitution and the rule of law. For weeks leading to his ... http://www.redstate.com/senator_jim_demint/2009/07/02/americans-should-support-the-honduran-people-and-their-legitimate-leaders-in-their-brave-and-heroic-stand-for-freedom-and-the-rule-of-law/ Last week, I led a group of Republican senators that wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to immediately relist North Korea as a State Sponsor of Terrorism and we also introduced an amendment to force the Obama Administration into action.   Yesterday on ABC’s This Week, I was pleased ... http://www.redstate.com/senator_jim_demint/2009/06/08/can-the-state-department-back-up-their-claim-that-north-korea-is-not-sponsoring-terrorism/ “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” – Ronald Reagan America recently celebrated 232 years of independence. Back in 1776, a new nation ... http://www.redstate.com/senator_jim_demint/2008/07/16/happy-birthday-redstate-2/