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Line 5: − On September first, 2007, Craig resigned from the senate. His third Senate term would have expired in January 2009.<ref> [http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/143801.html (Idaho Statesman)] </ref>+ − ==Controversy==+ − + − + +
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Craig chaired the Senate Republican Policy Committee (1996-2003), the Special Committee on Aging (One Hundred Eighth Congress), and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (One Hundred Ninth Congress).
Craig chaired the Senate Republican Policy Committee (1996-2003), the Special Committee on Aging (One Hundred Eighth Congress), and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (One Hundred Ninth Congress).
==Controversy==
On September first, 2007, Craig resigned from the senate after reports surfaced about an earlier incident in which he pled guilty to [[disorderly conduct]] after being arrested on a complaint in which Craig claimed entrapment <ref>http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/Craigtranscript.pdf</ref> in sting operation of [[public lewdness|lewd conduct]] involving alleged sexual solicitation in a men's bathroom at the Minneapolis airport.<ref> [http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/28/craig.arrest/index.html CNN]</ref>
On August 27, Craig resigned from a prominent role with [[Republican]] [[Mitt Romney]]'s presidential campaign<ref>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/08/28/craig/?rsssource=1</ref>
after reports surfaced about an earlier incident in which he pled guilty to [[disorderly conduct]] after being arrested on a complaint of [[public lewdness|lewd conduct]] and alleged sexual solicitation in a men's bathroom at the Minneapolis airport.<ref> [http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/28/craig.arrest/index.html CNN]</ref>
His third Senate term would have expired in January 2009.<ref> [http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/143801.html (Idaho Statesman)] </ref>
Said Craig: "... I'm not gay, and I don't cruise, and I don't hit on men. I have no idea how he drew that conclusion. A smile? Here is one thing I do out in public: I make eye contact, I smile at people, they recognize me, they say, ‘Oh, hi, Senator.' Or, ‘Do I know you?' I've been in this business 27 years in the public eye here. I don't go around anywhere hitting on men, and by God, if I did, I wouldn't do it in Boise, Idaho! Jiminy!" <ref> [http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/143801.html Idaho Statesman], 8/31/07] </ref>
Said Craig: "... I'm not gay, and I don't cruise, and I don't hit on men. I have no idea how he drew that conclusion. A smile? Here is one thing I do out in public: I make eye contact, I smile at people, they recognize me, they say, ‘Oh, hi, Senator.' Or, ‘Do I know you?' I've been in this business 27 years in the public eye here. I don't go around anywhere hitting on men, and by God, if I did, I wouldn't do it in Boise, Idaho! Jiminy!" <ref> [http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/143801.html Idaho Statesman], 8/31/07] </ref>
Craig earlier resigned from a prominent role with [[Republican]] [[Mitt Romney]]'s presidential campaign<ref>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/08/28/craig/?rsssource=1</ref>
==References==
==References==