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LIST: Who's Calling For Weiner to Step Down

Updated: June 15, 2011 | 9:30 a.m.
June 8, 2011 | 6:36 p.m.
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., called for Weiner to resign on Saturday.

The chorus of members and former members calling for Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., caught in an online sex imbroglio, to step down is growing quickly. Here's a partial list of Democrats calling for Weiner to go:

House Members (23)

Nancy Pelosi, California, Minority Leader

Steve Israel, New York; Chair, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida; Chair, Democratic National Committee

Chris Van Hollen, Maryland

Zoe Lofgren, California

Allyson Schwartz, Pennsylvania

Joe Donnelly, Indiana

Larry Kissell, North Carolina

Mike Michaud, Arkansas

Mike Ross, Arkansas

Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts

Earl Blumenauer, Oregon

Kathy Castor, Florida

Jim Matheson, Utah

Bill Owens, New York

Carolyn McCarthy, New York

Gary Ackerman, New York

Jim Himes, Connecticut

Jackie Speier, California

Joe Courtney, Connecticut

Sander Levin, Michigan

George Miller, California

Jerry McNerney, California

Former House Members

Patrick Murphy, Pennsylvania

Senate Candidates

Tim Kaine, Virginia

Senators

Patrick Leahy, Vermont

Mark Pryor, Arkansas

Sherrod Brown, Ohio

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