Sen. Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican and ideological leader of ideological conservatives who identify with the Tea Party on Capitol Hill, is leaving the U.S. Senate to head an influential conservative think tank. DeMint will leave the senate in January to be president of The Heritage Foundation, according to a statement released by his office.

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