WASHINGTON – Disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner faces a cool reception from even some of his closest allies in Congress as he clings to a once-promising political career.Click Here!
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and other members of the Democratic leadership voiced their disappointment in Weiner and pointedly urged the House ethics committee to launch an investigation to determine if the outspoken New York Democrat broke House rules.Click Here! Their calls came shortly after the married Weiner's profuse public apology for "inappropriate" online exchanges with six women.Click Here!
Pelosi pronounced herself "deeply disappointed and saddened."
The second-ranking House Democrat, Maryland's Steny Hoyer, called for Weiner to make full disclosure.
The cool but so-far not fatal reception from his House colleagues contrasted sharply with the fate that befell fellow New York Rep. Christopher Lee, who sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist.Click Here!Click Here! Within a matter of hours of the photo being disclosed, the Republican met with House Speaker John Boehner and resigned.Click Here!
