Daily Briefing: Close But No Cigar
The proposed constitutional amendment to ban flag burning falls one vote short in the Senate. [ WP ; NYT ; LAT ]
Israel sends ground forces into Gaza and executes air strikes on bridges, in an effort to rescue a kindapped soldier. [ WP ; NYT ]
Bushagain urges the Senate to give him line-item veto power. [ WP ; NYT ]
Bush's "signing statements" are criticized by lawmakers and scholars at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. [ WP ; NYT ]
At his confirmation hearing,Hank Paulson, Bush's nominee for Treasury Secretary, declines to give details about Bush economic policy goals. [ NYT ]
New report by Surgeon GeneralRichard Carmonastresses the dangers of secondhand smoke. [ WP ; NYT ; LAT ]