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On July 14, 1983, the House Ethics Committee concluded that U.S. Rep. Dan Crane (R-Ill.) and U.S. Rep. Gerry Studds (D-Mass.) had engaged in sexual relationships with minors. The minors in question were 17-year-old congressional pages. In Crane's case, it was a 1980 relationship with a female page and in Studds' case, it was a 1973 relationship with a male page. Both representatives immediately pleaded guilty to the charges and the committee decided to simply reprimand the two. July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, often known simply as the Ethics Committee, is one of the committees of the United States House of Representatives. ... A Congressman or Congresswoman (generically, Congressperson) is a politician who is a member of a Congress. ... Daniel Bever Crane (born January 10, 1936) is a former American politician. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 340 km 629 km 4. ... Gerry Eastman Studds (born May 12, 1937) is a retired American politician, born in Mineola, New York. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 44th 10,555 mi²; 27,360 km² 183 mi; 295 km 113 mi; 182 km 13. ... Look up Sex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In law, a person who is not yet a legal adult is known as a minor (known in some places as an infant or juvenile). ... A page in the United States Capitol is responsible for running errands and carrying messages for Senators and for Representatives. ... The mirror of the Roman Goddess Venus is often used to represent the female sex. ... The shield and spear of the Roman God Mars are often used to represent the male sex In heterogamous species, male is the sex of an organism, or of a part of an organism, which typically produces smaller, mobile gametes (spermatozoa) that are able to fertilise female gametes (ova). ...

However, U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) demanded their expulsion. On July 20, the House voted for censure, the first time that censure had been imposed for sexual misconduct. Crane, who tearfully apologized for his transgression, lost his bid for reelection in 1984. Studds, however, refused to apologize (even calling a press conference with the former page, in which both stated that they were consenting adults at the time of the relationship and that it was therefore not the business of others to censure them for their private relationship), and he continued to be reelected until his retirement in 1996. Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich, Ph. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Atlanta Largest city Atlanta Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 24th 154,077 km² 370 km 480 km 2. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Censure is a process by which a formal reprimand is issued to an individual by an authoritative body. ... Sexual misconduct is misconduct of a sexual nature. ... An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ...

Ironically, in 1999, Gingrich admitted an affair of his own with Callista Bisek, an adult House clerk, who later became his third wife.

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