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Problem:“I am announcing my resignation from Congress, so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and most important so that my wife and I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused,” Mr. Weiner said at the news conference. 
  
 Ms. Abedin was with Mr. Weiner at his Queens apartment as he prepared to make his statement, but did not appear at his side at the event. 
  
 The announcement brought swift relief to his Democratic colleagues, who had become increasingly uneasy as details emerged about Mr. Weiner’s online contacts with women — including his sending of explicit photos of himself to them over Facebook and Twitter . Democratic leaders had prepared to hold a meeting on Thursday to determine whether they should strip Mr. Weiner of his committee assignments, which would have severely impaired his effectiveness. 
  
 Mr. Weiner reached his decision late Wednesday, and seemed at peace with it, after days of appearing frazzled and torn, a person who spoke to him said. He began telling his most trusted advisers on Wednesday night, then held a conference call with his entire staff, informing them that it no longer seemed fair to his constituents and his colleagues for him to remain in office. 
  
 At about 8:45 p.m., he called Representative Steve Israel of New York, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who was attending a White House picnic on the South Lawn, alongside hundreds of lawmakers enjoying hamburgers and patriotic music from the United States Navy Band. 
  
 Mr. Israel , after hearing the news from Mr. Weiner, sought out Representative Nancy Pelosi of California , the House Democratic leader, in the crowd and handed his cellphone to her so Mr. Weiner could tell her his plans himself. 
  
 Ms. Pelosi had taken an aggressive posture with regard to Mr. Weiner, including the rare step on Saturday of calling for him to leave the House. On Thursday morning, she released a statement saying he had “made the right judgment in resigning.” 
  
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 Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo must now call a special election to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Weiner’s departure. But the Ninth Congressional District, which covers Queens neighborhoods like Forest Hills and Howard Beach as well as Brooklyn sections like Midwood and Mill Basin, is a likely target for elimination as state lawmakers redraw district lines for 2012. 
  
 The scandal that upended Mr. Weiner’s career erupted late last month after a photograph of the congressman wearing tight-fitting underpants was sent to a college student in Washington State . Mr. Weiner initially denied having anything to do with it, saying his Twitter account had been hacked. But during an emotional news conference on June 6, he admitted that he had lied, and that he had in fact sent the image and had had inappropriate online exchanges with at least six other women. 
  
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 As the story engulfed him, Mr. Weiner spoke regularly with advisers and Ms. Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , who was traveling on a 10-day trip to North Africa and the Middle East . 
  
 The decision to step down was ultimately Mr. Weiner’s, but Ms. Abedin supported it, convinced that the embarrassing disclosures would not stop until he left office, according to friends who have spoken to her. 
  
 One of the friends described Ms. Abedin, who appeared composed and poised on the trip abroad, as devastated and shocked by Mr. Weiner’s behavior. But Ms. Abedin, who is pregnant, intends to stay with her husband, at least for now. 
  
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 “I don’t think she has made a firm decision, but she is very loyal,” said the friend, who requested anonymity so as not to betray confidential conversations. 
  
 Neither Ms. Abedin nor Mr. Weiner earn lucrative salaries, and Ms. Abedin is worried about her husband, who has been in politics much of his adult life, finding work. Mr. Weiner would still be eligible to collect his pension after his resignation. 
  
 It was not clear what would happen to Mr. Weiner’s announced plans to enter a treatment center; on Thursday night, a spokeswoman, Risa Heller, had no comment. 
  
 But an Ethics Committee investigation opened by the House into his conduct is expected to end as a result of his resignation, because the committee has jurisdiction only over members of Congress. And Mr. Weiner will retain control of more than $4 million in his campaign account. 
  
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 It has been a precipitous fall for Mr. Weiner, a media-savvy politician with a knack for identifying hot-button issues, who had been considered a leading candidate for mayor in 2013. 
  
 Mr. Weiner was first elected to Congress in 1998, capturing the seat that had been vacated by his political mentor, Charles E. Schumer , who won a seat in the United States Senate that year. Prior to entering Congress, Mr. Weiner was the youngest person ever elected to the City Council , where he served for eight years. 
  
 Despite his successes, Mr. Weiner could be abrasive, and some colleagues wrote him off as a publicity seeker unwilling to put in the hard work needed to pass serious legislation. 
  
 Still, even as the story about his online exploits dragged on, some constituents stayed loyal to him. Vicky Hodja, 53, came out to support Mr. Weiner, who always showed up at her children’s school to hand out awards for stellar attendance and good behavior. 
  
 She said Mr. Weiner’s wife was “very smart,” and urged her to ignore any suggestion that she leave her husband. 
  
 “If she wants to have a marriage and a life,” Ms. Hodja said, Ms. Abedin should consider modeling her behavior on that of her boss, Mrs. Clinton, who famously stood by President Bill Clinton during marital infidelities. 
  
 “Human beings make mistakes,” she said, “but they learn from their mistakes.” 
  
 Mr. Weiner’s news conference was brief, but the circuslike atmosphere continued after he had left the podium. 
  
 Benjy Bronk, a writer for “The Howard Stern Show” who had heckled the congressman during the appearance, held his own session with reporters outside explaining his outburst. 
  
 “I’m trying to get to the truth and, uh, get on camera,” he said. ||||| Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com 
  
 Even as the photos kept surfacing, Rep. Anthony Weiner was determined to keep his job. That resolve eroded as he found himself in a slow-motion fall that ended Thursday with his resignation from Congress. 
  
 A week and a half ago, friends and colleagues said, the New York Democrat was in his lawyer's office in midtown Manhattan to practice a speech admitting lewd online chats with women and then lying to cover it up. He broke down crying and couldn't finish the session. The full weight of what he had done and what he was about to go through seemed to ... ||||| BROOKLYN, N.Y. — In the same room where he launched his first campaign for City Council two decades ago in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) announced his resignation from Congress on Thursday. 
  
 “Today I’m announcing my resignation from Congress so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and more importantly that my wife and I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused,” he saaid. 
  
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 Weiner said he had hoped to be able to get back to work after getting embroiled in a scandal stemming from his tweeting of a photo of his crotch nearly three weeks ago and then lying about it, but “unfortunately, the distraction that I have created has made that impossible.” 
  
 Seeming much more at peace than at his teary press conference 10 days ago, Weiner entered the room to applause from seniors. A few seniors did jeer at him as he read his four-minute statement — which he wrote himself — but most of the jeering came from a “Howard Stern Show” staffer who yelled out questions about Weiner’s genitals. 
  
 Weiner did offer a note of contrition to the 40 cameras and more than 100 reporters and camera crews here — “I’m here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused,” he said — but also touched on old campaign themes of middle class values, including growing up as the son of a man who went to law school on the GI bill and a public school teacher. 
  
 Weiner did not take questions from reporters at the event, and when the press tried to follow him out the side door he entered from, the catch on the door got flattened by the crowd. 
  
 The resignation comes after President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and dozens of other congressional Democrats called for him to step down, and ends nearly three weeks of tumultuous controversy that began on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. 
  
 Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, did not appear with him. 
  
 Weiner had repeatedly told people that Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton who returned early Wednesday from a week-long State Department trip to Africa, wanted him to fight back and was involved in his poitical comeback. 
  
 But multiple sources described a very different perspective on the part of Abedin, who’s pregnant with their first child. Abedin spent extensive time consulting with Doug Band, Bill Clinton’s top adviser and her best friend, and Band’s wife, sources said, as she tried to make sense of the circumstances her husband had thrust her into. Other sources used one word to described Band and his wife: “Disgusted.” 
  
 Abedin reportedly was with Band when she watched Weiner’s press conference admitting his lewd messaging and lying last Monday. 
  
 The Clintons, the sources said, and their extended world, are furious and want no contact with Weiner. But they are deeply supportive and protective of Abedin, whom Clinton called a “second” daughter when he officiated her wedding. 
  
 “They are livid,” said one source affiliated with Hillary Clinton. 
  
 Several sources with ties to the couple said the immediate problem for Weiner is a lack of income, especially with his first child on the way. He started working in politics right out of college, and has never worked as anything but a staffer or elected official, lacking private sector experience on his resume that will let him do much beyond being an elected official. Part of what Weiner has been focused on for the last several days, according to sources, was exploring possible places where he could land. 
  
 But according to two sources, Weiner made up his mind to resign Wednesday night, and shortly after began making calls to inform them of his decision. 
  
 Weiner and DCCC chair Steve Israel — who had also called for his resignation — were in touch by phone and e-mail throughout the day on Wednesday. It was during a phone conversation toward the tail end of the White House picnic on Wednesday night when Weiner told Israel he would resign, according to a Democratic aide. Israel gave Pelosi his phone so she could get word from Weiner directly. |||||
Solution:
It looks like Anthony Weiner's time is Congress is about to come to a close. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal spoke with sources who say Weiner has told party leaders and friends that he has decided to resign. The Democrat reportedly arrived at the conclusion after having long conversations with wife Huma Abedin, who returned home Tuesday from travels abroad with boss Hillary Clinton. Weiner's staff closed up his Washington office earlier today, Politico notes, turning off lights and locking the door. An announcement is expected this afternoon in New York.