In this week's Vault, some parallels between Rep. Anthony Weiner and Rep. Mark Foley

Vault: October 6, 2006 Washington Week with The Atlantic

Premiered June 13, 2011
Vault: October 6, 2006

In the Vault this week, some parallels between embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-NY) situation and that of Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) who resigned his seat in September 2006 after revelations he sent sexually explicit messages to an underage house page. Republicans lost the House and the Senate in the mid-term elections just five weeks later.

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