DeMint: Wait for Marco Rubio, Rand Paul before dealing on tax cuts

The Hill ^ | 12/10/10 | Shane D'Aprile

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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) urged his GOP Senate colleagues Friday to reject a deal on the extension of Bush-era tax cuts and wait until the incoming crop of GOP senators are sworn in to move forward.

In an e-mail to supporters of his Senate Conservatives Fund, DeMint said waiting until the January arrival of many of the Senate Republicans, whom he helped elect this past cycle, would mean the GOP could "fight for a better deal."

"I appreciate the efforts made by my party's leaders to negotiate this deal but I believe Americans deserve much better. This deal should be rejected and then fixed," DeMint wrote. "We can easily extend these tax rates without increasing spending once the new crop of Republican senators, including Pat Toomey, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Ron Johnson are sworn in."

DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund endorsed and offered fundraising help to all five of those newly elected GOP senators in 2010.

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I stand Corrected, Rand Paul was elected in Kentucky, not Tennessee.

Lets declare a Tea Party MANDATE for 2011 and 2012, similar to Pelosi’s “Mandate”.....Pelosi, You’re FIRED !