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 senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.

Demint opposed the NATO intervention into Kosovo but supported the U. " He also noted that these were opinions based on his personal values not issues he would or could deal with as a member of Congress. Miller was an attorney and former federal magistrate and the Tea Party's candidate opposing Lisa Murkowski the incumbent senator in the Alaska primary.

He previously served as the United States Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. James Warren "Jim" DeMint (born September 2 1951) is an American politician who was a United States Senator from South Carolina from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leading member in the Tea Party movement.