Pelosi Rebuffed Over Her Choice for House Post
17th Nov 2006, 04:42 GMT
Democrats chose Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland as their new majority leader over John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania by a decisive vote of 149 to 86.
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