Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) received an $8 million payout to lead the conservative Tea Party group, FreedomWorks, "because of an internal split over the group's future direction," the AP reports.A confidential contract shows that Armey agreed in September to resign from his role as chairman of FreedomWorks in exchange for $8 million in consulting fees paid in annual $400,000 installments.