| Full Name: | James 'Jim' W. DeMint |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Wife: Debbie; 4 Children |
| Birth Date: | 09/02/1951 |
| Birth Place: | Greenville, SC |
| Home City: | Greenville, SC |
| Religion: | Presbyterian |
Key Votes
James 'Jim' W. DeMint's Voting Records
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- Abortion
- Abortion and Reproductive
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals and Wildlife
- Arts and Entertainment
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Business and Consumers
- Campaign Finance and Elections
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Conservative
- Crime
- Death Penalty
- Defense
- Drugs
- Education
- Employment and Affirmative Action
- Energy
- Environment
- Executive Branch
- Federal, State and Local Relations
- Foreign Affairs
- Gambling and Gaming
- Government Operations
- Guns
- Health and Health Care
- Housing and Property
- Immigration
- Indigenous Peoples
- Judicial Branch
- Labor Unions
- Legislative Branch
- Liberal
- Marriage, Family, and Children
- Military Personnel
- National Security
- Science
- Senior Citizens
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Social
- Stem Cell Research
- Technology and Communication
- Trade
- Transportation
- Unemployed and Low-Income
- Veterans
- Women
National Key Votes
| Date | Bill No. | Bill Title | Outcome | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2004 | HR 3717 | FCC Indecency Penalties Bill | Bill Passed - House (391 - 22) |
Yea |
| March 10, 2004 | HR 339 | Food Industry Obesity Lawsuits (Cheeseburger Bill) | Bill Passed - House (276 - 139) |
Yea |
| March 3, 2004 | HR 1561 | US Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act, 2004 | Bill Passed - House (379 - 28) |
Yea |
| Feb. 26, 2004 | HR 1997 | Unborn Victims of Violence Act 2004 | Bill Passed - House (254 - 163) |
Yea |
| Feb. 25, 2004 | HR 2751 | GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004 | Bill Passed - House (382 - 43) |
Yea |
| Jan. 28, 2004 | S 1920 | Farmer Bankruptcy Bill | Bill Passed - House (265 - 99) |
Yea |
| Nov. 22, 2003 | HR 1 | Medicare Prescription Drug bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (220 - 215) |
Nay |
| Nov. 22, 2003 | S 877 | Reduction of SPAM bill | Bill Passed - House (392 - 5) |
Did Not Vote |
| Nov. 21, 2003 | S 1156 | Department of Veterans Affairs Improvement Act of 2003 | Bill Passed - House (423 - 2) |
Yea |
| Nov. 21, 2003 | HR 1904 | Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 | Conference Report Adopted - House (286 - 140) |
Yea |
| Nov. 20, 2003 | HR 253 | Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2003 | Bill Passed - House (352 - 67) |
Did Not Vote |
| Nov. 20, 2003 | HR 2417 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 | Conference Report Adopted - House (264 - 163) |
Did Not Vote |
| Nov. 18, 2003 | HR 2754 | Energy and Water Appropriations, FY 2004 bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (387 - 36) |
Did Not Vote |
| Nov. 18, 2003 | HR 6 | Energy Omnibus bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (246 - 180) |
Did Not Vote |
| Nov. 7, 2003 | HR 1588 | Defense Department FY2004 Authorization bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (362 - 40) |
Yea |
| Nov. 6, 2003 | HR 1829 | Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2003 | Bill Passed - House (350 - 65) |
Yea |
| Nov. 5, 2003 | HR 2559 | Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004 | Conference Report Adopted - House (417 - 5) |
Yea |
| Oct. 31, 2003 | HR 3289 | Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense | Conference Report Adopted - House (298 - 121) |
Yea |
| Oct. 30, 2003 | HR 2115 | Aviation Administration FY2004-2006 Authorization bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (211 - 207) |
Yea |
| Oct. 30, 2003 | HR 2691 | Interior Department Appropriations, FY 2004 bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (216 - 205) |
Yea |
| Oct. 16, 2003 | H Res 198 | Iraq's Reconstruction Resolution | Resolution Passed - House (394 - 31) |
Yea |
| Oct. 2, 2003 | S 3 | Prohibit Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (281 - 142) |
Yea |
| Sept. 25, 2003 | HR 3161 | Do-Not-Call-Registry bill | Bill Passed - House (412 - 8) |
Yea |
| Sept. 24, 2003 | HR 2657 | Emergency Supplemental Appropriation, FY 2003 bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (371 - 56) |
Nay |
| Sept. 24, 2003 | HR 2658 | Terrorism Information Awareness bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (407 - 15) |
Yea |
| Sept. 24, 2003 | HR 2555 | Homeland Security Appropriations, FY 2004 bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (417 - 8) |
Yea |
| Sept. 23, 2003 | HR 1409 | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Land Exchange Act '02 | Bill Passed - House (288 - 127) |
Yea |
| Sept. 17, 2003 | HR 7 | Charitable Contributions bill | Bill Passed - House (408 - 13) |
Yea |
| Sept. 9, 2003 | HR 2989 | Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations | Bill Passed - House (381 - 39) |
Yea |
| July 25, 2003 | HR 2210 | Head Start Bill | Bill Passed - House (217 - 216) |
Yea |
| July 25, 2003 | HR 2861 | Veterans Affairs and HUD Appropriations Act, 2004 | Bill Passed - House (316 - 109) |
Yea |
| July 25, 2003 | HR 2859 | Emergency Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act,2003 | Bill Passed - House (352 - 60) |
Yea |
| July 25, 2003 | HR 2427 | Imports of Prescription Drugs bill | Bill Passed - House (243 - 186) |
Yea |
| July 24, 2003 | HR 2738 | U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act | Bill Passed - House (270 - 156) |
Yea |
| July 24, 2003 | HR 2800 | Foreign Operations Appropriations, FY 2004 bill | Bill Passed - House (370 - 50) |
Yea |
| July 24, 2003 | HR 2739 | U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act | Bill Passed - House (272 - 155) |
Yea |
| July 23, 2003 | HR 2799 | Appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary | Bill Passed - House (400 - 21) |
Yea |
| July 17, 2003 | HR 2691 | Interior Department Appropriations, FY 2004 bill | Bill Passed - House (268 - 152) |
Yea |
| July 16, 2003 | HR 2122 | Project BioShield Act of 2003 | Bill Passed - House (421 - 2) |
Yea |
| July 16, 2003 | HR 1950 | State Department FY2004-2005 Authorizations bill | Bill Passed - House (382 - 42) |
Yea |
| July 14, 2003 | HR 2673 | Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA | Bill Passed - House (347 - 64) |
Yea |
| July 10, 2003 | HR 2660 | Department of Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations | Bill Passed - House (215 - 208) |
Yea |
| July 9, 2003 | HR 2211 | Ready to Teach Act of 2003 | Bill Passed - House (404 - 17) |
Yea |
| July 9, 2003 | HR 2657 | Emergency Supplemental Appropriation, FY 2003 bill | Bill Passed - House (394 - 26) |
Yea |
| July 9, 2003 | HR 438 | Student Loan Forgiveness for Teachers | Bill Passed - House (417 - 7) |
Yea |
| July 8, 2003 | HR 2658 | Terrorism Information Awareness bill | Bill Passed - House (399 - 19) |
Yea |
| June 27, 2003 | HR 1 | Medicare Prescription Drug bill | Bill Passed - House (216 - 215) |
Nay |
| June 24, 2003 | HR 2555 | Homeland Security Appropriations, FY 2004 bill | Bill Passed - House (425 - 2) |
Yea |
| June 19, 2003 | HR 1528 | Taxpayer Protection and IRS Accountability Act of 2003 | Bill Passed - House (252 - 170) |
Yea |
| June 19, 2003 | HR 660 | Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003 | Bill Passed - House (262 - 162) |
Yea |
About the Selection and Descriptions of Key Votes
Project Vote Smart provides easy access to Congressional and State voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Key votes typically include the initial passage of legislation and final conference report vote versions (the compromised versions of bills passed in separate House and Senate versions). Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:
- The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
- The vote should be clear for any person to understand
- The vote has received media attention
- The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
- Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added
Descriptions of the votes are written by Vote Smart staff and based on information included in the Congressional Record, State House Journals, or Senate Journals, with additional background information from newspapers, magazines, etc. Vote Smart provides summaries for each selected key vote. The summary does not necessarily reflect the final version of the bill.
The Key Votes Program follows Project Vote Smart's strict policies, procedures and structure that guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. In order to ensure that all Key Votes are non-partisan in their selection and language, each is approved by a group of over 160 political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.
