paul kane, you said they are coming back. do we know them as earmarks as we've known them before, or are there different things now? guest: these are very specific terms. we called the e-word in our headlines because members of congress don't like to say earmarks anymore. they think it has a very bad negative connotation. the senate, in their bill, the senate is calling them congressionally directed spending. the house of representatives, calls it community project funding requests. that is because they want to get away from this idea that these things are similar to what they are using -- what they used to be. there are a bunch of new rules that apply to these earmarks, this current version. you must disclose them, you must write letters and post them on your website, explaining what your requests are. you cannot request money for private companies. these have to be nonprofits, things like water and sewer authorities back in your district and your state. a university, a state university trying to do research on stuff. those

paul kane, you said they are coming back.o we know them as earmarks as we've known them before, or are there different things now? guest: these are very specific terms. we called the e-word in our headlines because members of congress don't like to say earmarks anymore. they think it has a very bad negative connotation. the senate, in their bill, the senate is calling them congressionally directed spending. the house of representatives, calls it community project funding requests. that is because they want to get away from this idea that these things are similar to what they are using -- what they used to be. there are a bunch of new rules that apply to these earmarks, this current version. you must disclose them, you must write letters and post them on your website, explaining what your requests are. you cannot request money for private companies. these have to be nonprofits, things like water and sewer authorities back in your district and your state. a university, a state university trying to do research on stuff. those ar

paul kane of the washington post talks about what to expect in congress this week. after that, a conversation on tensions between russia and ukraine. our guest is terra-cotta -- tara copp senior pentagon correspondent and james bovard discusses covid testing. >> your experience with health care during the pandemic is a conversation. is the national healthcare policy reporter for the "washington post," joining us this morning to talk about the news. so, amy goldstein,

and manu, up on capitol hill, i talked a bit earlier with paul kane about the calculations.if biden makes a pick that they think is confirmable, do they want it to go as quickly as possible. >> they've still not settled on their strategy yet. minority leader mitch mcconnell, who wants to be majority leader come the fall, has held his cards close when talking about the vacancy yesterday. said he wanted eed to wait to w in. they wanted to see who this person is. undoubtedly what we can expect is whoever is nominated will have a most republicans are almost certainly expected to vote against. even the person in the top tier candidate here from joe biden's list, ketanji brown jackson only had three republicans vote in her favor for a lower court position. but that's still enough to get confirmed. do expect a very loud republican opposition to this. republicans pushing back. but how far they can go is really limited given the fact they simply do not have the votes if the democrats stayed together. if they do pick off a handful of their members and also a key sign joe manchin today

. >> coming up this morning on washington journal, paul kane of the washington post talks about whatexpect in congress this week. then, a conversation on the tensions between russia and ukraine. our guest is tariq cop -- tara cop. also, james bovard discusses covid-19 testing. washington journal is next. ♪ host: it's "washington journal," for the last day of january. the united states is a vector to square off against russia later today at united nation security council over ukraine. you can see that at 8:00 on c-span two, c-span.org, and the c-span now app. to start off this morning we want to hear from current and former members of the military about the potential conflict and ukraine, what it could mean for u.s. troops. if you are an active member of the military and want to give us your perspective, (202) 748-8000 is

at 8:00, what to expect in congress this week from paul kane. our guest is tariq cop -- tara copp. also, james bovard discusses covid-19 testing. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this week on the c-span networks, the house and senate are both in session. the senate will vote on nominations, including university of pennsylvania president amy gottman, to serve as u.s. ambassador to germany. on tuesday, two hearings for the nominations of shalonda young, the white house budget director and the deputy director at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. then at 2:30 p.m. eastern, live on c-span.org and the c-span now app, they testify before the senate budget committee. on thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three, former employees of the washington football team testify before the house oversight committee about reports of sexual harassment, vocal abuse and discrimination within the organization. the hearing comes the day after the team is expected to announce its new name. watch this week live on the c-span network or on c-span now, our local video app. or, head over to

harry kane finding the net, but the referee paul tierney spotted a shove in the back of thiago silva.ade all their possession count in the first ten minutes of the second half. lloris this time made no attempt to save that from ziyech as he found the top corner and they followed that a few minutes later with another. mount�*s free—kick headed in by thiago silva. 2—0 it finished, a first premier league defeat for spurs under antonio conte. chelsea remain third and looking very good for a top four finish now. after manchester city dropped points yesterday, liverpool have gained some ground on the leaders with a 3—1 win at crystal palace. the scoreline at selhurst park sounds convincing, but it really wasn't and liverpool benefited from another one of those var decisions. adam wild reports. for those crystal palace fans studying the form, it is perhaps best not to look too far back. the last time at liverpool were here, they beat palace 7—0 and such was their domination of the opening minutes, those fans that may have been fearing the worst again. liverpool know every win now is vital if

paul kane of the washington post talks about what to expect in congress this week. after that, a conversation on tensions between russia and ukraine. our guest is terra-cotta -- tara copp senior pentagon correspondent and james bovard discusses covid testing. >> your experience with health care during the pandemic is a conversation. is the national healthcare policy reporter for the "washington post," joining us this morning to talk about the news. so, amy goldstein, why? why was there this record reached? guest: good to be with you, greta. well, as you were saying, this is the most people who ever signed up during a regular annual enrollment period for affordable care act health insurance, either through healthcare .gov or state marketplaces that are run under the affordable care act. and we don't know yet exactly why people signed up, but the obama administration thinks than administration, it's early in the morning, the biden administration thinks they had a lot to do with it. they're saying that health plans now are more affordable because people can get a littl