Carney, Garrett discuss debt ceiling's role in "fiscal cliff" Reid on DeMint: "I've always liked the guy" Following Sen. Jim DeMint's announcement that he will leave Congress to head the Heritage Foundation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., praised the South Carolina Republican: "Even though I disagree with so much of what he's done," Reid said, "I appreciate that - I personally believe - he does this out of a sense of real belief; it's not political posturing for him."