Rep. Sean Casten has some modest proposals. What blocks the will of the people? “The Senate, the Electoral College and the Supreme Court,” he says.

Timely insights from inside Washington.

Chevron is a private company engaged principally in the hydrocarbon sector of the global economy. Market returns indicate that Chevron is well managed and that its board maximizes shareholder value. Over the past 12 months, Chevron’s share price is up 39%. Over that same time frame, the S&P 500 is down 19%. Over the past decade, the average annual capital return from investing in Chevron is 9%. Last week, Chevron’s board announced an increase in the dividend of the company. The company has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years. And the board authorized a share buyback with a value of $75 billion.

The centrist West Virginia Democrat, who faces re-election in 2024, has made it clear he believes he can help broker a compromise to raise the debt ceiling.

Over half of Republicans view censorship as a major threat, and an equal share of Democrats believe social media platforms need stricter content moderation

In Part 2 of this podcast, the crew looks at how the Democratic Party’s effort to rearrange its presidential primary calendar is going.

Few Republican lawmakers have publicly supported a bill to replace most federal taxes with a national sales tax, a plan that has almost no chance of becoming law, or even passing in the GOP-led House of Representatives — certainly not in the 118th Congress.

The Cranston Democrat said “some of the progressives” disliked her contrary viewpoints and criticism. “They want to shut you up and cancel you. That’s the new cancel culture.”

In addition, Democratic party leaders are backing state Rep. Tim Briggs for another spot on the three-member board.

Nearly 80 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the White House expressing their “great concern” that the Biden administration is walking back on its promise to restore migrants’ access to asylum