Daily Briefing: "Too Much Money" Edition

•In "unexpected blow to the administration,"Fristsays proposal for Social Security may not come for a year and may not include private accounts; Republicans divided, outlook for reform is grim. Pollster: "When a boat springs so many leaks, it only floats for so long. The Democrats have certainly shot holes in it, but the Republicans have also been shooting holes." [ WP , NYT , LAT , WT ]

•Top Republicans want $82b request for Iraq, Afghanistan reduced.Lott: "I think it's too much money, and too much of it is not urgent or supplemental." [ NYT ]

•Governors andBushstalled over Medicaid. [ WP , WSJ , NYT ]

•Suit allegesRumsfeldknew of detainee abuse in 2003. [ WP , WSJ , WT ]

• Bush, gung-ho for faith-based programs, says $2b went to such groups last year. [ WP , NYT , WT , USAT ]

•Showdown over judicial nominees expected this spring. [ WP , NYT , LAT , USAT , WT ]

•Democrats want investigations of CIA's interrogation techniques, but Republican chairman of Senate Intel Committee opposed. [ WP , NYT ]

•Nearly every Democrat Senator attends cocktail tribute toDaschle. [ WP ]