joining us live on the phone from capitol hill, emily ethridge. she's following this story from cq. thanks very much for being with us. >> you're welcome. thanks for having me on. >> this is really the start of a message war we're going to be hearing from democrats and republicans. a week of events in which they're going to try to commemorate or criticize this legislation. what can we expect specifically? >> that's right. it's already started. there's not only been conference calls like the one you just played but a flurry of press releases. today republican senators were on the senate floor having a colloquy about the problems they see with the health care law and the damaging effects they think it will have. i've seen some democrats on the house floor beginning to give speeches. long. >> let's drill down one of the key issues that we're going to be hearing about from the republicans in the house, and that is this medicare spending board known as the ipab, which is the independent payment advisory board. what is that and what's the issue? >> the board is something created under the

. >> we're talking with emily ethridge following a story for cq roll call. she's on capitol hill. a week from today the u.s. supreme court will undertake three days of oral arguments and we'll be showing and letting our radio audience listen to the oral arguments each day as the supreme court releases them. that in essence is the culmination of this week long message war carrying into next week on the third branch of government. >> that's right. it's the perfect storm. you've got the president and congress and the supreme court all weighing in on health care. it's just a huge time for this law right now. >> what are you looking for this week and next? what are you preparing for in terms of stories for cq roll call. >> we're going to be covering every aspect you can imagine. we're going to have someone inside the supreme court covering the hearings every day. my colleague and i will be outside talking to lawmakers. a lot of the lawmakers that helped write the law are going to be attending the hearings as well. so we're going to cover that as well as all of the outside groups that a