Jim DeMint is a former U.S. Senator from South Carolina. He is now president of The Heritage Foundation .
Jim DeMint"The big Wall Street banks, the big corporations" give "many times more" political donations to Democrats than Republicans.
"A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the…
Says President Obama's new immigration plan "is amnesty."
The debt-ceiling bill "doesn’t cut the debt. It will add about $7 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years."
Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is responsible for "over $14 trillion in debt."
"We've got more revenue than we ever have."
"From 2003 to 2006, 'Sesame Street' made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales."
The Obama-GOP compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax."
"Ninety-four percent of the bills that pass the Senate have no debate, no vote, no amendments, no reading of the bill, no online disclosure."
"House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks."