There are billions of dollars at stake here. [inaudible] jonathan. Ou, thank you, professor gruber, for being here today. The issue we are presented with was ruled upon by the d c circuit on july 22, 2014. The d c circuit is known as the highest court in the land. What the court did is it ruled that the president of the United States is violating the law and not in a small way. The Patient Protection in the Affordable Care act of 2010 directs states to establish healthcare exchanges. Directs the federal government to establish an exchange within that state. Ppaca authorizes the iressa to subsidy through an exchange established by the state. Thecomplicated machinery of ppaca those subsidies directly trigger penalties against employers under the law and against individuals. Language ofclear the eligibility rules for these subsidies, in august 2011, the irs announced it would authorize ies. Idize that surprisedt everyone, the 36 states two thirds of the nation had refused or failed to est
Opportunity to defend themselves, and defend the freedom of their country. Just as tyler and i were coming in today, we got word that not only has a new Prime Minister been appointed, but that Prime Minister has named a new president , and it is not mr. Maliki, which is a good move. He needs to move on. An individual who is a shiite who actually work for maliki and is the speaker for the current iraqi parliament, he is the individual that has been named the president. I will take that as a positive step. And hopefully we can see a government that can stand together and defend democracy. And lets not kid ourselves. Iraqi democracy is not what we think of in the United States, but what is best for the iraqi people is what we should want there. And yet, weve got all of these scenarios swirling around the world. And here we are in america dealing with another crisis of our own. My friend, admiral mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has continuously said that the Number
Interest that is defending itself, that is defending its right to pollute, that is endistinguishing its ability to compromise our atmosphere, compromise our health, compromise our great oceans and waters. This should be an easy struggle. This should be an easy struggle. But its not, and it will be a mark of shame on this generati generation, and it will a mark of shame on this buildin buildit i have goin the choice between the clear information from the that given the choice between the clear frftion from the scientists shall the clear experience of what is happening in all of our states and the power of the special interests, we ignored the first and we yielded to that power of those special interests. Mr. President , i yield the floor. Mr. Whitehouse mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from rhode island. Mr. Whitehouse i ask that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 146, Senate Resolution 156. The presiding officer the clerk will report.
Which in the context of thenly i terpre statute for the is a highly implausible interpretation. The when you look at the statute in the context of how it should be examined others confirm to is not at war atth the central purpose. So lets take a quick lookurpos. At the purpose when congresscest passed the Charles Willey fiercest critics concurred with the supporters to puhieve universal health carerp coverage which has michael panelist professor edwards wrote an article on addt theio subject and in additionm r the exchanges were a mechanism to achieve that it was n goal so not intel one 1 2, years after obama signed the aca into law is that and then to have the 180degree interpretation of the law mechanists some. Hael i but the text is in harmony. It did not intend there doesno not put the stake in the state hands of Health Reform forncere. Those that are very sincere i dont doubt that for a minute such as attorney general pruitt in the facted to stiffing the constituencytory that the
Wrongdoing and will not face charges. Coverage of the Sonoma County District Attorneys decision. They take you through the ruling just a moment we begin with the brewing over sites protest the protest just wrapped up a loss 30 minutes of the location or any lopez was shot and killed certainly anger in this Community Supporters and many lopez directing anger toward District Attorney crews decided not to file charges against a deputy who shot and killed and lopez 13 year old whos holding a replicar ak47 about the toy gun did not pose a threat to anyone to this deputy to the neighborhood he was a kid here shot because youre the kid tearing a toy gun where kids play. A justice that cannot be permitted those angry with a dissertation to us of the office he made the announcements charges would not be filed at one point monday afternoon 50 protesters took the streets chanting as they marched to the site where lopez was shot and killed he knew these kids play in the field he knew that. Excuse