WAP2002111408 - WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Assistant to the Democratic leader John Spratt, D-S.C., talks to reporters at a press conference about Newly elected House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill on Nov. 14, 2002. Pelosi is the first woman ever elected to lead a party in Congress. rlw/Roger L. Wollenberg UPI