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Last year president Joe Biden signed the first major piece of legislation of his presidency: the “American Rescue Plan” (ARP). It had passed the House and Senate by razor thin margins, but was hailed by supporters as critical coronavirus relief legislation. But with taxpayers footing the bill for all this spending, it’s important to ask […]
On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists across the country, I write to you to oppose H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act of 2022. This ill-advised legislation is fiscally irresponsible. It would mean $122 billion in new spending in 2022, risking doing more harm to our economic recovery, which is riddled with inflation levels not […]
MADISON, WI — The Capital Times published an op-ed by Eric Bott and Josiah Neeley. Eric Bott is State Director of Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin. Josiah Neeley is Senior Fellow, Energy Policy, R Street Institute. Read the entire op-ed here. Below are excerpts from the piece: With Wisconsinites increasingly worried about inflation and rising energy costs, […]
Americans for Prosperity Foundation has obtained new documents in its ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs. These documents provide even more evidence that the VA is failing to comply with the community care standards created by the VA MISSION Act, which was meant to give veterans more access to […]
On behalf of thousands of Americans for Prosperity activists across West Virginia, I urge you to support on House Bill 4111, relating to the prescriptive authority of advance practice registered nurses. This vote may be recorded in our 2022 session legislative scorecard. HB 4111 will make the prescribing Executive Orders issued by Governor Justice permanent for […]
On behalf of Americans for Prosperity West Virginia and our activists across the state, I urge you to support House Bill 4013, which would repeal West Virginia’s detrimental certificate of need laws. We may include these votes in our 2022 legislative scorecard. Certificate of need (CON) laws were meant to keep health care costs under […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—Last week, Governor Cox gave his State of the State address to Utah’s General Assembly. In his speech he presented his plan to direct tax cuts at sales tax credits for grocery purchases. Heather Andrews, State Director for Americans for Prosperity-Utah, released the following statement in response to Gov. Cox’ tax cut plans: “Tax […]
Introduced by Rep. Wes Cantrell, House Bill 999 will provide universal Promise Scholarship Accounts ATLANTA, GA — Americans for Prosperity – Georgia (AFP-GA) today applauded the introduction of a new bill that would provide universal promise scholarship accounts. The Georgia Educational Freedom Act, introduced by Georgia State Rep. Wes Cantrell (R-Woodstock), will give every Georgia family the […]
COLUMBIA, SC — Americans for Prosperity – South Carolina (AFP-SC) today applauded the Senate for passing S.290, legislation introduced by State Senator Wes Climer (R-15), to repeal Certificate of Need programs. These are programs that require government approval to expand or offer new health services. AFP-SC State Director Candace Carroll released the following statement: “Thanks […]
