Pelosi bans smoking near House floor
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_go_co/congress_smoking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070107/capt.sge.fyp97.070107214249.photo00.photo.default-405x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=yE7HFz72_msl0QhVfAAOWA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, holds the speaker's gavel as she speaks 04 January 2007 during the 110th Congress Opening Day Ceremonies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Just days after taking control of Congress, Democratic lawmakers warned that US President George W. Bush will not get a blank check to expand the number of US troops in violence-wracked Iraq.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Smokers may be one minority in Congress with even fewer rights than newly demoted Republicans. Now they're losing one of their last, cherished prerogatives — a smoke break in the ornate Speaker's Lobby just off the House floor.</p><br clear="all"/>