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To: longnshort who wrote (305067)	10/2/2006 4:59:30 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575604

Congress takes care of its own. Well, you see there was a bit of a problem. A GOPer was also foolin' with a page at the same time as Studds. So it was hard for the GOP to call for Studds' removal because then they would have to call for Crane's removal. So ole Newt......he arranged for the House to censure the two congressmen. 'Cry baby' Crane ended up getting voted out of office whereas Studds did not. You see Crane was married with 4 kids. Reps. Dan Crane (R-Ill.) and Gerry Studds (D-Mass.) "The House ethics committee on July 14, 1983, announced that Crane and Studds had sexual relationships with teenage congressional pages – Crane with a 17-year-old female in 1980, Studds with a 17-year-old male in 1973. Both admitted the charges that same day, and Studds acknowledged he was gay. The committee voted to reprimand the two, but a back-bench Georgia Republican named Newt Gingrich argued that they should be expelled. The full House voted on July 20 instead to censure the two, the first time that ever happened for sexual misconduct. Crane, married and the father of six, was tearful in his apology to the House, while Studds refused to apologize. Crane's conservative district voted him out in 1984, while the voters in Studds's more liberal district were more forgiving. Studds won reelection in 1984 with 56 percent of the vote, and continued to win until he retired in 1996." washingtonpost.com