Washington Week with The Atlantic

Vault: October 6, 2006

06/13/2011 | 8m 13s

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.

Aired: 06/13/11

Rating: NR

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