Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
Anthony David Weineris an American politician and former U.S. representative who served New York's 9th congressional district from January 1999 until June 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he won seven terms, never receiving less than 59% of the vote. Weiner resigned from Congress in June 2011 due to a sexting scandal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 September 1964
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
There's no doubt about it, earmarks are not very popular. There are good earmarks and bad earmarks. The good earmarks are the ones I get for my district.
All those predictions about how much economic growth will be created by this, all of those new jobs, would be created by the things we wanted - the extension of unemployment insurance and middle class tax cuts. An estate tax for millionaires adds exactly zero jobs. A tax cut for billionaires - virtually none.
I was trying to protect my wife, I was trying to protect myself from shame, and I really regret it.
It's a nice neighborhood, like the one I left. My home borough is Brooklyn and Queens.