we will be joined by representative diana degette. we will talk about the first lady's office and her impact and influence. first, an update from c-span radio. >> a push by congressional democrats to bring a wide array of changes to the international monetary fund has been withdrawn from that legislation providing financial assistance to ukraine. democrats wanted legislation to help ukraine to enhance the imf funding capacity. the senate is on track to improve the sanctions and aid for ukraine. today, the senate contenders -- considers judicial nominations. a series of mixed signals for the economy has undermined investor confidence. that is somewhat accountable for the ups and downs in the stock market. yesterday, one report showed fewer people bought new homes in february dropping sales to the slowest pace in five months. index measuring consumer confidence rose to the highest level in six years. the major indexes richard games -- registered gains yesterday. finally, an engine snag has delayed the arrival of a russian spacecraft to

diana degette is my democratic co-chairwoman and before that ed markey of massachusetts who's now in the senate. and we have introduced an online privacy protection bill for children, the do not track kids bill. i'm hopeful that we'll get it to move in this congress. and i can't honestly give you a straightforward answer as to why some of these privacy issues have not moved forward. i will tell you with the problems they've had on the obamacare web site, problems with the irs, the problems with national security administration, there are all kinds of privacy issues that have made the front pages, and i think more and more the average voter is going to demand that we move on privacy whether it's a generic privacy protection bill of rights like the white house has released or more specific bill like mr. markey and i have introduced to protect children's privacy, you know, it is time to do that. and to their credit, i think the republican leadership in the house, you know, speaker boehner, majority leader cantor, the chairman of the various -- chairmen of the various committees, mike ro

diana degette on supreme court health care contraceptive case. later, reach early talks about the recent article on first lady michelle obama in the white house. plus your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. washington journal is live each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the health care law says that employers need to provide health care for their employees that include contraception. some for-profit corporations have said that they should not have to pay for all of the services, especially those that conflict with the religious beliefs. lobbya grain of hobby followed by anthony hahn. >> our family started hobby lobby based on our faith and together as a family. we have kept that tradition for more than 40 years and we want to continue to live out our faith in the way we do business. government has forced on us is unfair and not in keeping with the history of our great nation founded on religious freedom. we believe that americans don't lose their religious freedom when they open a family business. we were encouraged by today's ar

degettentative diana t talks the contraception mandate case. calls and phone comments and tweets. post: good morning. it is "the washington journal." house in at 10:00. the obama administration says something -- some who have trouble getting insurance from healthcare.gov will have a short delay. those who become part of the will be part of a new category. not d