ARLINGTON, VA – Today Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s largest and most effective advocate for economic freedom, responded to the announcement of Congressman Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate. AFP President Tim Phillips made the following statement: “The announcement this morning of Paul Ryan as Governor Romney’s choice for Vice President is great news [...]
Rally with Congressman Paul Ryan and more to be held on August 3rd at 12 PM on Capitol Hill
In the wake the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of the President’s takeover of nation’s health care system, a group of 73 senators and representatives have signed onto a letter urging governors not to implement the law’s health insurance exchanges. These exchanges are the central way that the federal government will exact control over [...]
AFP urges support of two budgets in the Senate: the House-passed Ryan budget (H.Con.Res. 112) and Senator Toomey’s “Restoring Balance” budget (S.Con.Res. 37).
In March the House of Representatives, under the leadership of Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), passed a budget blueprint that calls for $15 billion in cuts to discretionary spending this year. Certainly more significant spending cuts are needed to get Washington’s spending problem under control.
But consider this: even the Ryan budget’s moderate level of cuts will go unrealized unless lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee actually put them into place. Unfortunately, the Ryan budget is just a blueprint – appropriators can ignore its suggested cuts all together when they craft the 12 appropriations bills that govern funding for federal agencies. (For more on how the federal budget process works and where appropriations fit in, see AFP Foundation’s Need to Know memo on the topic.)
