Jim DeMint
Former United States Senator
James Warren DeMint is an American
political advocate, businessman, author, and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina and as
president of the Heritage Foundation.
DeMint is a member of the Republican Party and a leading figure in the Tea Party movement; he is also the founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund.
DeMint to be ousted from Heritage Foundation
The controversial president of The Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, will soon be out of a job, following a dispute with board members about the direction of conservative think tank, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
Some Heritage board members believe that DeMint has brought in too many Senate allies and made the think tank too bombastic and political — to the detriment of its research and scholarly aims.
Former Heritage president Ed Feulner is expected to take over as interim president.
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The Heritage Foundation is an American
conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., primarily geared towards public policy. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage's policy study Mandate for Leadership. Since then, The Heritage Foundation has continued to have a significant influence in U.S. public policy making, and is considered to be one of the most influential conservative public pol
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