Jenny_Jackson
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For guys to take a bump in the Minniapolis Airport again...I just wonder if he will be allowed to last until 9/30
Craig to resign amid sex scandal
Sat Sep 1, 2007 1:13PM EDT
Sen. Craig resigns amid sex scandal
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - Long-serving Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, embroiled in a sex scandal and finding little support from his party, said on Saturday he will resign from the U.S. Senate.
"To Idahoans I represent, to my staff, to my Senate colleagues, but most importantly to my wife and family, I apologize for what I have caused. I am deeply sorry," Craig, 62, said at a news conference.
The three-term senator said he would step down September 30.
The departure capped a week of controversy for Republicans, already reeling from ethics problems, with the disclosure Craig had pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge in an undercover investigation of lewd behavior in a men's airport restroom.
Republican Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter will pick a successor to complete Craig's term, which runs through next year. He was expected to choose a Republican, maintaining the current 51-49 Democratic control of the Senate.
Craig, who was elected to the Senate in 1990, is ending his career after the revelations on Monday of his guilty plea to the misdemeanor charge. He was arrested June 11 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport restroom, where police were targeting public sex. Craig was in the airport on the way to Washington that day.
Craig said he regretted pleading guilty to the lesser offense while maintaining he did nothing wrong.
"I am not gay, I never have been gay," he said on Tuesday, with his wife at his side. They have three children.
On Saturday, Craig said he felt he should resign from the Senate to pursue legal options in the case.
"The people of Idaho deserve a senator who can devote 100 percent of the time and effort to the critical issues of our state and of our nation," he said.
Craig to resign amid sex scandal
Sat Sep 1, 2007 1:13PM EDT
Sen. Craig resigns amid sex scandal
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - Long-serving Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, embroiled in a sex scandal and finding little support from his party, said on Saturday he will resign from the U.S. Senate.
"To Idahoans I represent, to my staff, to my Senate colleagues, but most importantly to my wife and family, I apologize for what I have caused. I am deeply sorry," Craig, 62, said at a news conference.
The three-term senator said he would step down September 30.
The departure capped a week of controversy for Republicans, already reeling from ethics problems, with the disclosure Craig had pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge in an undercover investigation of lewd behavior in a men's airport restroom.
Republican Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter will pick a successor to complete Craig's term, which runs through next year. He was expected to choose a Republican, maintaining the current 51-49 Democratic control of the Senate.
Craig, who was elected to the Senate in 1990, is ending his career after the revelations on Monday of his guilty plea to the misdemeanor charge. He was arrested June 11 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport restroom, where police were targeting public sex. Craig was in the airport on the way to Washington that day.
Craig said he regretted pleading guilty to the lesser offense while maintaining he did nothing wrong.
"I am not gay, I never have been gay," he said on Tuesday, with his wife at his side. They have three children.
On Saturday, Craig said he felt he should resign from the Senate to pursue legal options in the case.
"The people of Idaho deserve a senator who can devote 100 percent of the time and effort to the critical issues of our state and of our nation," he said.
