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Stephen Colbert Won’t Run for Congress, but His Sister Will

Stephen Colbert’s big sister is picking up right where the satirist left off, by announcing she’s running in the South Carolina special election to succeed Tim Scott in the House. Scott was recently appointed to the Senate after Jim DeMint vacated the seat—a position, it should be noted, that Colbert had publicly sought.

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Who Is South Carolina’s New Senator?

Gov. Nikki Haley’s appointment is a tea party-backed congressman who wants to kick entire families off of food stamps for supporting unions, give billions in subsidies to the major oil companies and spend taxpayer dollars to display the Ten Commandments on government property.

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Tea Party Favorite Jim DeMint to Quit Senate

The conservative South Carolina senator announced Thursday that he would step down next month to run a conservative think tank.

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