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"The Federal Marriage Amendment is back — with Vitter’s and Craig’s support." ... "Republicans are looking at the political landscape, and they’re feeling awfully discouraged. The polls look bad, the base looks depressed, and fundraising looks iffy. Rallying the far-right troops with an anti-gay amendment to the Constitution — even though it has no chance at even getting so much as a hearing — might be helpful to the conservative movement." ... "But the funny part is looking over the list of the 10 original sponsors. Most of the names are predictable — [Kansas Republican Senator Sam] Brownback and [Oklahoma Republican Senator James] Inhofe, for example — but there are two others whose names stand out: [Republican Senators] Sens. David Vitter (R-La. [Republican-Louisiana]) and Larry Craig (R-Idaho [Republican])." ... "Yes, two of the principal sponsors of a constitutional amendment to “protect” marriage include one far-right Republican who hired prostitutes and another far-right Republican who was arrested for soliciting gay sex an airport men’s room." ... "As my friend Kyle put it, these two are “not exactly the poster boys of the family values crowd or particularly upstanding examples of the supposed sanctity of the ‘union of a man and a woman.”‘" -By Steve Benen -TheCarpetbaggerReport.com 
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David
Vitter - Larry
Craig
- Law
- New
Orleans - Louisiana
- Idaho
- "Prostitute's
new claims complicate Vitter's life." ... "Analysts
said the political future of U.S. [Louisiana Republican Senator] Sen. David
Vitter again was thrown into question Tuesday after a former New Orleans
[Louisiana] prostitute vouched in person that the senator was one of her
former clients." ... "When Vitter's sex scandal broke out in July after
he acknowledged that his Washington telephone number showed up on the phone
records of an escort service, political observers thought he could weather
the maelstrom." ... "Since then, though, the atmosphere surrounding Vitter
and the Republican Party has become more dire because of the guilty plea
in an airport sex sting by [Idaho Republican Senator] Sen. Larry Craig,
R-Idaho." -By Cain Burdeau
-AP via -Chron
Larry
E Craig
- Gay
- Politics
- 
Minnesota
- 
Airport
- 
Police
- Idaho
- 
Newspaper
- "Craig
Asks Court to Let Him Withdraw His Plea of Guilty."
... "Lawyers for [Idaho Republican] Senator Larry E. Craig filed court
papers yesterday asking that he be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea
to disorderly conduct in a Minnesota airport sex sting." ... "In an affidavit,
Mr. Craig said that he was “deeply panicked” in the aftermath of his arrest
June 11 on suspicion of soliciting a plainclothes officer in a men’s room
at [Minnesota's] Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and that, with
an Idaho newspaper already investigating his sexuality, he signed a guilty
plea on Aug. 1 to try to keep the arrest from being disclosed." ... "The
[police] officer said Mr. Craig had peeped into his stall, entered the
adjacent stall, touched the officer’s foot with his own and made hand signals
known to be silent code for soliciting sex in the restroom." -By
Duff Wilson -NYTimes
Craig
- Vitter
- 
Stevens
- 
DeLay
- 
Ney
- 
Cunningham
- 
Sherwood
- 
Renzi
- 
Doolittle
- 
Jefferson
- Politicians
- Lawmakers
- Homosexual
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- 
Alaska
- 
Texas
- 
Ohio
- 
California
- 
Pennsylvania
- 
Arizona
- 2008
Election - "House
G.O.P.'s History Could Repeat in Senate." ... "The
embarrassing [Idaho Republican Senator] Larry Craig episode combined sex
and the justice system – always a potent political mix and one reason the
Republican leadership moved so swiftly to jettison Mr. Craig." ... "Already,
Mr. Craig is the star of a Web
video from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee featuring a
lineup of recent Republican scandals being shown to the tune of the “Bad
Boys” theme song from the television show “Cops.” It seeks to ridicule
Republican claims to hold the moral high ground." ... "Mr. Craig’s guilty
plea to a sexually related disorderly conduct charge only served to remind
people about Mr. [Louisiana Republican Senator] Vitter’s [alleged prostitution]
case – and prompt accusations of a double standard since Republicans took
no action against the Louisiana lawmaker for his heterosexual incident
compared to Mr. Craig’s homosexual one." ... "Republicans can point to
the indictment of Louisiana Democrat[ic Representative] William Jefferson,
but Democrats can counter with the names of Senators Craig, Vitter and
[Alaska Republican Senator Ted] Stevens not to mention those of former
Representatives [Texas Republican] Tom DeLay, [Ohio Republican] Bob Ney,
[California Republican] Duke Cunningham and [Pennsylvania Republican] Don
Sherwood." ... "Representative Rick Renzi of Arizona, another Republican
under investigation, has already announced he will not seek re-election
[in 2008] and top aides to [Republican] Representative John Doolittle of
California, a former member of the Republican leadership, were called before
a grand jury this week." -By Carl Hulse
-NYTimes
Larry
E Craig
- Ted
Stevens - David
Vitter - Idaho
- Alaska
- Louisiana
- 
Oregon
- Law
- "Craig
Moves to Block Senate Ethics Panel Complaint." ...
"Lawyers for [Idaho Republican] Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho delivered
a letter to the Senate ethics committee today asking the committee to reject
a complaint relating to his guilty plea in an airport sex sting operation."
... "Mr. Craig stunned Washington late yesterday with an announcement through
his spokesman that he may return to the Senate despite announcing Saturday
“my intent to resign from the Senate effective September 30.”" ... "A nonprofit
group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington [DC], also
said it filed a complaint last week against Mr. Craig. In that filing,
Melanie Sloan, the group’s executive director, said the Senate ethics rules
broadly cover “improper conduct which may reflect upon the Senate.”" ...
"Ms. Sloan also called on the Senate to investigate [Senator] Ted Stevens,
Republican of Alaska, who is under criminal investigation for financial
dealings, and [Senator] David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, whose name
appeared in phone records of a Washington prostitution ring." ... "The
[U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics] committee conducted a three-year
investigation into alleged sexual harassment, abuse and assault by Senator
Bob Packwood, Republican of Oregon, ending in his resignation under threat
of expulsion in 1995." -By Duff Wilson
-NYTimes
Larry
Craig
- Gay
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Police
- Law
- "Craig
may not be resigning after all." ... "In a surprise
twist, [Idaho Republican Senator] Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) has left
open, albeit slightly, the possibility that he will not resign from the
Senate if he succeeds in his fight to clear his name of allegations that
he solicited sex in a Minnesota airport restroom in June." ... ""Sen. Craig
still intends to resign," his spokesman, Dan Whiting, said in an interview
Tuesday night. "That being said, Sen. Craig wants it clear he's fighting
these charges, both in Minneapolis and in the Senate Ethics Committee,
and if the wheels of justice are able to turn quick enough, meaning before
Sept. 30, he may -- and I emphasize may -- not resign." ... ""At this point,
it's a very small door that he's left open," Whiting added." ... "Craig
pleaded guilty last month to disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. He was
arrested in June by an undercover police officer investigating complaints
of lewd conduct in a men's restroom at [Minnesota's] Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport." -By Richard Simon
-LAtimes
Larry
Craig
- Idaho
- 
NY
- 2008
Election - "Schumer:
Dems can win Craig's seat." ... "Less than an hour
after [Idaho Republican Senator] Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) announced his
resignation on Saturday, [New York Democratic Senator] Sen. Charles Schumer
(D-N.Y.) said Democrats can win his seat next year [2008 election]." ...
"Idaho [Republican Governor] Gov. Butch Otter (R) will select Craig's replacement,
who will serve out the remainder of Craig's term after the senator leaves
the upper chamber on Sept. 30." ... "In 2004, President Bush attracted
69 percent of the vote in the Gem State. Former [Idaho Democratic Representative]
Rep. Larry LaRocco (D-Idaho), who announced his bid for Craig's seat in
April, had $43,566 cash on hand at the end of June." -By
Chris Good -TheHill.com
Larry
Edwin Craig
- David
Vitter - Ted
Stevens - Gay
- Religion
- Law
- Enforcement
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- Alaska
- 2008
Election - "Craig
Faces Growing Republican Pressure to Resign (Update3)."
... "Republican lawmakers and Christian groups are increasing pressure
on [Republican] Idaho Senator Larry Craig to resign, saying he can't resurrect
his political career after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in connection
with a restroom incident." ... "Three Republicans in Congress yesterday
demanded Craig resign and party leaders in the Senate yesterday forced
him to relinquish his committee leadership posts." ... "Craig, 62, was
deciding whether to seek re-election [in 2008] before his arrest, and since
has become the target of jokes, putting his immediate political future
in doubt, said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster and strategist. In defending
himself, Craig denied being gay." ... "Should Craig resign, [Republican]
Idaho Governor Butch Otter would appoint someone to fill the seat until
the 2008 election." ... "Still, Craig's troubles add to a list of Republican
embarrassments, including Louisiana [Republican] Senator David Vitter's
public apology after his phone number was linked to a Washington escort
service, and Alaska [Republican] Senator Ted Stevens's acknowledgement
that he is under an FBI corruption probe." -By Julianna
Goldman and Lorraine Woellert -Bloomberg
Larry
Craig
- Homosexual
- Law
- Politics
- 
History
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- 2008
Election - "Men's
room arrest reopens questions about Sen. Larry Craig:
Idaho senator pleads guilty to disorderly conduct after incident at Minnesota
airport that echoes previous allegation of homosexual conduct." ... "[Idaho
Republican Senator] Sen. Larry Craig, who in May told the Idaho Statesman
he had never engaged in homosexual acts, was arrested less than a month
later by an undercover police officer who said Craig made a sexual advance
toward him in an airport men's room." ... "The arrest at a Minnesota airport
prompted Craig to plead guilty to disorderly conduct earlier this month.
His June 11 encounter with the officer was similar to an incident in a
men's room in a Washington, D.C., rail station described by a Washington-area
man to the Idaho Statesman. In that case, the man said he and Craig had
sexual contact." ... "The Minnesota arrest was first reported Monday by
Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper." ... "In an interview on May 14, Craig
told the Idaho Statesman he'd never engaged in sex with a man or solicited
sex with a man. The Craig interview was the culmination of a Statesman
investigation that began after a blogger accused Craig of homosexual sex
in October. Over five months, the Statesman examined rumors about Craig
dating to his college days and his 1982 pre-emptive denial that he had
sex with underage congressional pages." ... "The most serious finding by
the Statesman was the report by a professional man with close ties to Republican
officials. The 40-year-old man reported having oral sex with Craig at Washington's
Union Station, probably in 2004. The Statesman also spoke with a man who
said Craig made a sexual advance toward him at the University of Idaho
in 1967 and a man who said Craig "cruised" him for sex in 1994 at the REI
store in Boise [Idaho's capital]. The Statesman also explored dozens of
allegations that proved untrue, unclear or unverifiable." ... "Craig, 62,
was elected to Congress in 1980. Should he win re-election in 2008 and
complete his term, he would be the longest-serving Idahoan ever in Congress.
His record includes a series of votes against gay rights and his support
of a 2006 amendment to the Idaho Constitution that bars gay marriage and
civil unions." ... "On Aug. 9, the day after his guilty plea in Minnesota,
Craig told the Statesman he had yet to decide whether he would seek re-election
in 2008." ... "Former Democratic [Representative] Rep. Larry LaRocco announced
in April that he will run for the Senate." -By Dan
Popkey -IdahoStatesman.com
Larry
Craig
- 
Mitt
Romney
- Idaho
- 
Utah
- Law
- Politics
- 
- 2008
Election - "Senator
Craig withdraws from Romney campaign role." ... "[Idaho
Republican] US Senator Larry Craig resigned tonight as Senate co-chairman
for [2008 election Republican Presidential Candidate] Mitt Romney's presidential
campaign, within hours after news broke of Craig's guilty plea to disorderly
conduct after an incident in a men's bathroom." ... "In February, Romney
announced that Craig of Idaho and [Utah Republican Senator] Robert Bennett
of Utah would serve as co-Senate liaisons." ... "In May, Romney's campaign
announced that Craig would be co-chairman of the Romney for President Idaho
Leadership Team." ... "After reports of Craig's arrest, the Romney campaign
made private a YouTube video in which Craig also praised Romney." -By
Foon Rhee -BostonGlobe
Larry
Craig
- Mitt
Romney
- Gay
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Airport
- 
Privacy
- Law
- Politics
- 2008
Election - "Idaho
senator arrested in airport." ... "[Idaho Republican
Senator] Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho pleaded guilty this month to misdemeanor
disorderly conduct after being arrested at the Minneapolis airport." ...
"A Hennepin County court docket showed Craig pleading guilty to the disorderly
conduct charge Aug. 8, with the court dismissing a charge of gross misdemeanor
interference to privacy." ... "He is up for re-election next year [2008
election]." ... "He has been one of [2008 election] Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney's top Senate supporters, serving as a Senate liaison
for the campaign since February." ... "Roll Call quoted the Aug. 8 police
report as saying that Craig had handed the arresting officer a business
card that identified him as a member of the Senate." ... ""What do you
think about that?" Craig is alleged to have said, according to the report."
-By Steve Karnowski with contributions by Matthew
Daly, Fred Frommer, and John Miller -AP
via -Yahoo
Larry
Craig
- Gay
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Airport
- Law
- Politics
- "Republican
senator arrested, reportedly for lewd conduct." ...
"[Idaho Republican Senator] Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was fined earlier
this month for a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge stemming from his
arrest in June at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, according
to Minnesota criminal records." ... "While the criminal records did not
provide details of why Craig was arrested, Roll Call newspaper reported
Monday that he was apprehended by a plainclothes police officer investigating
complaints of lewd behavior in an airport men's room." ... "Last fall,
Craig's office publicly denied assertions by an Internet blogger Mike Rogers
that the senator was gay, dismissing speculation about his sexuality as
"completely ridiculous."" ... "He has supported a federal constitutional
amendment banning same-sex marriage, telling his colleagues that it was
"important for us to stand up now and protect traditional marriage, which
is under attack by a few unelected judges and litigious activists."" ...
"In 1996, Craig also voted in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act, which
denies federal recognition to same-sex marriages and prevents states from
being forced to recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples legally
performed in other states." ... "Craig has also opposed expanding the federal
hate crimes law to cover offenses motivated by anti-gay bias and, in 1996,
voted against a bill that would have outlawed employment discrimination
based on sexual orientation, which failed by a single vote in the Senate."
-Contributed to by Dana Bash
-CNN
Larry
Craig
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Airport
- Law
- Politics
- "Craig
Arrested, Pleads Guilty Following Incident in Airport Restroom."
... "[Idaho Republican Senator] Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested
in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating
lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom, according to an arrest
report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon." ... "Craig’s arrest occurred
just after noon on June 11 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
On Aug. 8, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the Hennepin
County District Court. He paid more than $500 in fines and fees, and a
10-day jail sentence was stayed. He also was given one year of probation
with the court that began on Aug. 8." ... "A spokesman for Craig described
the incident as a “he said/he said misunderstanding,” and said the office
would release a fuller statement later Monday afternoon." ... "After he
was arrested, Craig, who is married, was taken to the Airport Police Operations
Center to be interviewed about the lewd conduct incident, according to
the police report. At one point during the interview, Craig handed the
plainclothes sergeant who arrested him a business card that identified
him as a U.S. Senator and said, “What do you think about that?” the report
states." -By John McArdle with contributions by Steven
T. Dennis 
