Jim DeMint: “America deserves better than a second-rate economy that is held up to ridicule by other nations.”

We've got to determine what we're going to do about it. A missile defense is going to be a key.

If school is not full speed in the fall, a lot of folks will have to deal with childcare they otherwise wouldn't.

Absolutely not. We cannot shut the government down, regardless of what happens here.

We cannot keep our country shut down. It's affecting people emotionally, as well as financially.