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Weiner Tells Friends He is Stepping Down
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I feel sorry for his wife with his little Weiner in her oven.
Updated: Thursday, 16 Jun 2011, 9:25 AM CDT
Published : Thursday, 16 Jun 2011, 8:46 AM CDT
(NewsCore) - Embattled congressman Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., has told friends that he will resign his House seat, FOX News Channel confirmed Thursday.
The news was first reported by The New York Times.
The 46-year-old progressive congressman announced last week that he would seek treatment and request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives after he admitted to having sent a lewd photo to a Seattle college student on Twitter, and to having inappropriate online sexual relationships with about six women.
He had previously maintained that his Twitter account had been the subject of a targeted hacking.
FOX News reported that Weiner was scheduled to address the media at 2:00pm ET in New York.
According to The Times, Weiner made the decision to resign after discussions with his wife, Huma Abedin, a close aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who returned home from an overseas trip early Wednesday morning.
Weiner initially said he had no plans to resign the House seat he has held since 1999 but came under renewed pressure after four top Democratic lawmakers, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), called on him to resign late last week.
Weiner reportedly told Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) of his decision over the phone Wednesday night as they attended a White House picnic.
Pelosi was due to address the media at a weekly press conference later Thursday morning. News of Weiner's decision came on the same day House Democrats were scheduled to meet and discuss stripping the trouble congressman of his committee assignments -- in particular, his seat on the House energy and commerce committee.
Various media reports said that Democrats held a testy meeting of their caucus Wednesday, in which several junior lawmakers expressed unease at Weiner's treatment by House leaders.
Speaking at a news conference on Capitol Hill as word of Weiner's intentions trickled out, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he had not received a formal resignation from Weiner.
President Barack Obama had called on Weiner to resign in an NBC interview earlier in the week. "I can tell you that if it was me, I would resign," Obama told "Today" show co-host Ann Curry Tuesday.
At the time the scandal broke, Weiner was widely believed to be planning a run for mayor of New York City in 2013 when current Mayor Michael Bloomberg's term expires.. Polls showed him to be the frontrunner.
Published : Thursday, 16 Jun 2011, 8:46 AM CDT
(NewsCore) - Embattled congressman Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., has told friends that he will resign his House seat, FOX News Channel confirmed Thursday.
The news was first reported by The New York Times.
The 46-year-old progressive congressman announced last week that he would seek treatment and request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives after he admitted to having sent a lewd photo to a Seattle college student on Twitter, and to having inappropriate online sexual relationships with about six women.
He had previously maintained that his Twitter account had been the subject of a targeted hacking.
FOX News reported that Weiner was scheduled to address the media at 2:00pm ET in New York.
According to The Times, Weiner made the decision to resign after discussions with his wife, Huma Abedin, a close aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who returned home from an overseas trip early Wednesday morning.
Weiner initially said he had no plans to resign the House seat he has held since 1999 but came under renewed pressure after four top Democratic lawmakers, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), called on him to resign late last week.
Weiner reportedly told Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) of his decision over the phone Wednesday night as they attended a White House picnic.
Pelosi was due to address the media at a weekly press conference later Thursday morning. News of Weiner's decision came on the same day House Democrats were scheduled to meet and discuss stripping the trouble congressman of his committee assignments -- in particular, his seat on the House energy and commerce committee.
Various media reports said that Democrats held a testy meeting of their caucus Wednesday, in which several junior lawmakers expressed unease at Weiner's treatment by House leaders.
Speaking at a news conference on Capitol Hill as word of Weiner's intentions trickled out, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he had not received a formal resignation from Weiner.
President Barack Obama had called on Weiner to resign in an NBC interview earlier in the week. "I can tell you that if it was me, I would resign," Obama told "Today" show co-host Ann Curry Tuesday.
At the time the scandal broke, Weiner was widely believed to be planning a run for mayor of New York City in 2013 when current Mayor Michael Bloomberg's term expires.. Polls showed him to be the frontrunner.
I feel sorry for his wife with his little Weiner in her oven.
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