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For congressional tweeting, Weiner's got competition

(CNN) -- This much we know. Over Memorial Day weekend, someone used U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner's Twitter account to publish a photo of an underwear-clad male crotch apparently in a sexually excited state.

The New York Democrat denies posting the photo, claiming that his Twitter account was hacked, but he has deflected persistent inquiries into whether he is the owner of the offending (apparent) genitalia.

"But Congressman, you would remember if you were to take a photograph of yourself like that," insisted MSNBC's Luke Russert in one interview. In another, CNN's Wolf Blitzer pressed, "You would know if this is your underpants."

As journalists clamor for Weiner to come clean about his underpants, I was struck by an intriguing, if less titillating, question: What does Weiner usually tweet?

Weiner, who claims to do all his own tweeting, turns out to be a witty and passionate tweeter. He got off to a slow start, however, composing his first exploratory tweet on October 25, 2009, which momentously announced, "i have a follower!" It was succeeded by almost a year of radio silence. Then suddenly, on August 5, 2010, Weiner exploded into the Twittersphere like a teenager raiding the liquor cabinet. "Going rouge over here," he crowed. "Starting to twitter w/o telling my minders."

Weiner's fifth tweet ever was oddly prescient: "im just learning all this. how do i verify i'm me? (like how twisted does someone need to be to pretend to be me?!)"

Within nine months, Weiner had produced over 400 tweets and attracted 45,000 followers. His tweets range from political advocacy and announcements of upcoming interviews to self-deprecating banter. His profile picture is an old high-school photo featuring a halo of black curls; a number of his tweets mockingly refer to his "jewfro."

Weiner's Twitter history got me wondering -- who else tweets from Capitol Hill?

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According to TweetCongress.com, at least 387 of our senators and representatives tweet, with Republicans outnumbering Democrats 229 to 156, and two independents adding their tweets to the chorus.

The most popular tweeter was a big surprise. Sen. John McCain , R-Arizona -- the man who told reporters in 2008 that he "never felt the particular need to e-mail" -- has over 1.7 million Twitter followers. You might think that he racked up the numbers during his campaign, but McCain's first tweet was on January 23, 2009. "I am working in my office on Capitol Hill today," he helpfully informed his fans in his debut tweet.

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