BREAKING: Exclusive: In latest job, Jim DeMint wants to give Tea Party 'a new mission'

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   Former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint, a prominent figure among the Tea Party activists who helped Republicans seize control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010, will serve as a senior adviser to the Convention of the States Project, providing a jolt to its efforts to marshal grass-roots support for a state-led movement to amend the U.S. Constitution. DeMint was recently ousted from the Heritage Foundation. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM     Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2017 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108