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from www.montrealgazette.com – Democratic U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner of New York is struggling to do what many members of Congress have failed to achieve – survive a sex scandal.

Buoyed by polls that show most of his constituents do not believe he should surrender to growing Democratic calls to resign, Weiner says rather than stepping down he will take a leave of absence and seek treatment.

Here’s a look at what happened to some other U.S. lawmakers snared in sex scandals:

* Republican Representative Chris Lee of New York didn’t put up much of a fight. He resigned in February – just hours after it was disclosed he had posted shirtless photos of himself on the Internet.

* Republican Senator John Ensign of Nevada tried to hang on. But he stepped down in May as an ethics committee was wrapping up an investigation into his affair with a former aide and attempted cover-up. The matter ended Ensign’s hopes of ever running for president.

* Republican Senator Larry Craig of Idaho rejected calls to resign. But he did not run for re-election in 2008 after he was arrested on charges of soliciting sex in an airport men’s room.

* Republican Representative Mark Foley of Florida resigned in 2006 after it was disclosed he had sent sexually suggestive emails to male pages.

* Republican Senator David Vitter of Louisiana asked for forgiveness and got it. He won re-election in 2010 – despite having been identified as a client of a prostitution service.

* Democratic Representative Eric Massa of New York insisted he did nothing wrong. But he resigned last year to avoid an ethics probe into alleged sexual misconduct toward a male staffer.

* Republican Representative Mark Souder of Indiana resigned in 2010 after admitting he had an affair with a female staffer. Souder left with a push from party leadership, which didn’t want him to complicate their efforts to win back the House from Democrats in last year’s election.

* Representative Barney Frank, who is gay, was reprimanded by the House in 1990 after an ethics probe into his hiring of a male prostitute as a personal aide. The Massachusetts Democrat not only survived calls to resign, but became one of the House’s most powerful members, one known for his sharp mind and biting wit.