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Which one of these signs merits full First Amendment protection: a billboard providing the address of the nearest 24-hour urgent care provider or a billboard exhorting the reader to “Vote No on 15”? If you answered “both” then you’ve identified an anomaly in First Amendment jurisprudence, which would categorize the first example as “commercial speech” […]
Over the next few weeks, members of Congress will cast several votes that could add trillions to the U.S. national debt. President Joe Biden and supporters of the so-called “infrastructure” package— said to cost $3.5 trillion, but likely to exceed $5 trillion — claim their proposal will not harm the middle class. They are wrong. Inflation, taxes, and energy costs would all rise […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Senior Fellow of Fiscal Policy Kurt Couchman issued the following statement in advance of the Senate vote on a continuing resolution that would raise the debt limit. AFP believes the debt limit should be raised alongside reforms that would begin to fix the broken budget process. “Budget brinkmanship […]
The Biden-Sanders $3.5 trillion reconciliation package is a wasteful spending spree of long-standing partisan priorities that would bring the federal government into the middle of our everyday lives and fundamentally alter the trajectory of our country for the worse. President Biden and Senator Sanders need complete party unity to pass their spending package, and they’re in disarray […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) unveiled a new multi-million dollar ad blitz to amplify its ongoing “End Washington Waste: Stop the Spending Spree” national grassroots mobilization campaign to drive opposition to the $4.7 trillion Biden-Sanders spending package, an historic tax-and-spend monstrosity that would lead to a government takeover of our everyday lives and […]
For the first time in recent memory, inflation has become a major concern for many Americans. This year, families have seen the rising cost of groceries, gasoline, and other everyday goods. They’re worried about making ends meet. At the same time, Congress is considering Senator Bernie Sanders’ $3.5 trillion spending bill, to be paid for […]
America’s founding documents recognize that we all have inalienable rights and that government’s job is to protect those rights. But our history is full of times when important liberties have been infringed and our elected representatives had to enact new laws to set things right. This Constitution Day offers an opportunity to reflect on that. The Civil Rights […]
West Virginia has long struggled with a lack of access to quality, affordable health care. Fifty-four of its 55 counties are classified as, at least in part, health care shortage areas. The state’s mountainous terrain can make it extremely difficult for patients in rural areas to find care, particularly for those with limited mobility. These […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) today launched new digital and radio ads as part of the grassroots group’s first push to begin to take steps to bring the Taxpayer Protection Act to the floor this fall. The Taxpayer Protection Act, also known as HB 71, will amend the state constitution to cap government […]
