DeMint To Head The Heritage Foundation

12.07.12 | Sarah Harnisch

Tea Party leader Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is stepping down from Congress on January 1st. He will become the head of the Heritage foundation, a conservative thinktank with an 80 million dollar a year budget. DeMint is just 2 years into a second 6 year term. South Carolina's governor will have to appoint a new successor.