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Ex-GOP Senator Turned Lobbyist DeMint Flexes Muscle

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GOP Senator turned lobbyist Jim DeMint

GOP Senator turned lobbyist Jim DeMint wants his Heritage Foundation to lead party from outside

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Kingmaker or royal pain to GOP: DeMint building Heritage into conservative force

WASHINGTON — As a senator, Jim DeMint sometimes ran afoul of fellow Republicans by personally recruiting, nurturing and supporting his own stable of conservative candidates for Congress. Now, as president of the Heritage Foundation, the former South Carolina lawmaker is poised once again to flex his political muscles, entering his third year of running the influential…

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