Of you who have received health care through the Affordable Care act exchanges. We want to know what has and has not worked for you. If you are a marketplace enrollee who lives on the eastern or central time zones, 2027488000. If you are a aca marketplace enrollee and you live in the mountain or pacific time zones, 2027488001. You can also chime in on facebook or twitter. Good wednesday morning to you. Some information about the pool of callers we are hoping to speak with in the first hour of washington journal today, there are more than about 10 million of you out in the United States. This chart breaks up the number of aca enrollees by the number of Congressional Districts in the United States. The darker districts on the map mean there are more aca enrollees in the area. There are about 5. 9 million who live in democratic districts across the country. 5. 2 million who live in democratic districts around the country. 5. 9 who live in republican districts around the country. Floridas
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Justice scalia pointed out in his dissent, based on the Supreme Court rulings in the prop eight case and in the dough my case, that it was likely that state courts would not be able doma case would not be able to regularly uphold marriage because the same arguments that there was no real rational basis for discriminating in the courts of you meant that each of the state Supreme Courts would have very little room to maneuver in finding a just basis for what the court in the federal decision looked at as being certainly solely prejudice against gay marriage. So the rash of decisions and the movement in the states has been rapid, and its been imposed from without. And i do think that when youre changing something whether it isnt an having it imposed by judges is a wrongheaded course of. Host to this question from twitter, giving social issue be decided on the local level . Are you in favor of a Central Government rule top down control . Guest well, it depends on what you mean by social is
Crisis back in march. Lets hope its not simply due to being a lagging indicator. Maybe this is a positive trend. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced his state will be pausing its reopening plan due to a recent spike in cases. He also asked texas residents to wear masks and practice social distancing. Its important not to lose track of the economic crisis unfolding alongside the pandemic. Frankly due to the pandemic. The Labor Department says an additional 1. 5 million americans filed for unemployment last week. Feels like the Third Straight week when thats the number. Joining me is my coanchor katy tur. What else are we going to be looking at this hour . Well, chuck, right now the house is debating its Police Reform bill. The George Floyd Justice in policing act. The house will vote on the bill this evening. Exactly one month after floyd was killed by Minneapolis Police. The proposal would likely be a nonstarter in the Republicancontrolled Senate but could offer a road map for democra
Protect vital american industries. Critics say it will backfire, who hurt u. S. Consumers and possibly ignite a trade war. John roberts starts us off tonight with another president ial move very few people saw coming. The timing of all this, the announcement took everyone by surprise. The white house hasnt figured out how this is going to work but the president was eager to get the word out. Thank you very much, everyone. Wasnt on his public schedule today, and the white house insisted an announcement wasnt coming until next week. Today President Trump unveiled punitive sanctions on foreign aluminum and steel. 25 for steel. 10 for aluminum. It will be for a long period of time. The ad lib announcement blindsided white house staff. The press secretary insisted it shouldnt be a surprise. The president talked at length during the campaign about the impact of foreign metals being dumped into the United States. The stock market tanked on the news. At one point down more than 500 points. For