kevin madden and michael boxian. you can join the conversationit online.wi our twitter page is twitter.com/cspanwj. "washington post" this morning, the coalition challenges on g.o.p. earmarks. one of the issues that will come up this week and the next congress. phillip rucker writes, "g.o.p. senators are planning an internal vote on a moratorium posed by senator demint that would ban republicans from steering earmarks to pet. projects in their home state. they've become seen by lawmakerr as political liabilities. congressman boehner and president obama calling on the president to pan earmarks. mitch mcdonnell says "every politician would love to have a blank check to do what he would choose to do." it's definitely a new day for this debate in washington. we've seen it in the past but it's particularly -- particularly raw debate right now. it's very interesting for me to have observed, because when i first started working up on capitol hill, i worked -- i actually worked with someone who was an appropriaterator and a