HOUSE DEMOCRATS DISCUSS APPROPRIATIONS IN WASHINGTON
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks during a news conference to discuss the upcoming appropriations bills on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 12, 2007. House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel, D-IL (L) and House Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman John Larson, D-CT, are behind Pelosi. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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