Daily Briefing: Pelosi Pwn'd
*Steny Hoyerelected House Majority Leader after a divisive inter-party campaign. Democrats now need to move on and show unity.Nancy Pelosisays, "Let the healing begin." [ WP , NYT , LAT ]
*Steny Hoyer'snot a man, he's a Congress man. [ WP , NYT ]
* Bush administration's pick to head family-planning programs at the Department of Health and Human Services is a strong opponent of the sexing. [ WP ]
* "It was a preliminary inquiry before, but we found the basis to open up a criminal investigation," report Florida authorities investigatingMark Foley. [ WP ]
* Latest war funding request by Bush administration would make Iraq the most expensive conflict since WWII. [ USAT ]
*John McCainfiles paperwork to open his presidential exploratory committee, blathers on about Iraq. [ WP ]
* Beloved Nobel Prize winning economistMilton Friedmanhas gone to that big free market in the sky. [ WP , NYT , WSJ ]