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Budget & Spending

Government at all levels is too expensive.  Spending is the real cost of government because every dollar they spend is removed from the private economy through taxation, borrowing or inflation.  Large and expensive government...

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Important Legislation

Rep. Fleischmann’s EASY Savings Act

This bill would provide better incentives for federal agencies...

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Cut Spending Now!

The federal government has a spending problem. Take action...

Energy & Environment

Abundant, affordable energy is a key driver of prosperity. We must unleash resources by removing regulatory barriers and keeping taxes low.  The environment improves with economic growth and prosperity, so an overriding goal of...

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Important Legislation

EPA Fair Play Act

This bill would prevent the EPA from retroactively vetoing...

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End Wind Subsidies, Let the Energy Market Work

Politicians of all stripes frequently say they’re for simplifying...

Health Care & Entitlements

Patients and doctors should control health care decisions, not politicians and bureaucrats.  The biggest driver of federal spending is the cost of health care and entitlement.  Social Security and Medicare must be modernized to...

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Important Legislation

Medicare Part D Rebate Bills

This mandatory “rebate” is no such thing; it’s actually...

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Repeal ObamaCare

The law costs too much, taxes too much and...

Banking & Financial Services

Our financial system is burdened with overlapping, counterproductive regulations.  Housing finance is distorted by government-sponsored entities.  Markets should allocate capital so participants can see the positive and negative results of their risk taking.

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Important Legislation

Rep. Price and Sen. Ayotte’s Pro-Growth Budgeting Act

AFP supports dynamic scoring methodology, which would give Congress...

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Repeal Dodd-Frank

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform bill was supposed to...

Legislative Alerts

AFP Opposes Senator Murray’s Irresponsible Budget

March 14, 2013 J

By Jason Hughey This is the second in series of blog posts focusing on the federal budget proposals in Congress. The first post focused on Chairman Ryan’s plan, this second post focuses on the Senate Democrats’ plan, and subsequent posts will focus important differences between the two plans. For the first time in nearly four [...]

Employer Mandates and Medicaid Expansion

March 14, 2013 J,

By: Nicole Kaeding Advocates of Medicaid expansion are pushing a new argument to coerce states into acting. They claim that unless a state expands its employers will be subjected to increased tax penalties. Like so many things being said across the country regarding Medicaid, these statements are a misunderstanding of the complicated and complex health [...]

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