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College campuses and free speech are closely linked. Universities are where the next generation finds its voice and (hopefully) learns crucial lessons civil liberties —both how to exercise and defend them. With the 2021-2022 school year beginning, many students will be returning to physical classrooms for the first time in as many as 18 months. […]
House lawmakers may have been vacationing this August, but their constituents have not rested. At Americans for Prosperity events across the country, voters have continued to demand that policymakers oppose Washington’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure boondoggle and Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” budget resolution. House lawmakers could vote on these two pieces of legislation this week. They should listen to the thousands of Americans who, since May, have been raising […]
Updated on January 25, 2022 to include the news that AFP Foundation’s FOIA lawsuit spurred CMS to release — for the first time ever — state-level Medicaid improper payment data. Eric Bolinder had spotted a problem. A big one. He and his team of policy experts at Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity […]
The federal government is currently exploring increasing taxes on capital gains that would squash the ability of Americans to save and invest. President Biden has proposed increasing the top capital gains tax rate from 23.8 percent to 43.4 percent when including the 3.8 percent net investment income tax. When factoring in state and local capital […]
Nearly 40 percent of the new spending in Senator Bernie Sanders’ proposed $3.5 trillion “infrastructure” plan would go to expanding government-funded health insurance. Believe it or not, that $1.3 trillion in new health care spending is bigger than Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act. About 40 percent bigger, in fact. And the purpose […]
MANCHESTER, NH – With U.S. Representative Chris Pappas not holding public town halls during the congressional recess, Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) brought constituents to meet with Rep. Chris Pappas at his office. Despite heavy rain, Granite Staters were determined to make their voices heard that Rep. Pappas should vote no on the $4.7 trillion […]
While polling shows that immigration continues to rank among important priorities for Congress to address, progress has been slow. Different bills have gained support – including the bipartisan Border Solutions Act – but no significant legislation has been approved this year. Congress is failing to act even though obvious border challenges point to the importance […]
Earlier this summer we detailed how the president’s “infrastructure” plan would hurt your health care. Events have progressed quickly since then. The Senate recently passed a $1.2 trillion “hard infrastructure” package, and Senator Bernie Sanders is now proposing a $3.5 trillion spending spree that would grant government greater control over our health care system. In […]
The Senate on Tuesday voted 69-30 to pass a $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” package. If some of these senators figured that voting for the “bipartisan” legislation could forestall another, costlier bill, they were dead wrong. The very next day, the Senate voted to approve a partisan budget blueprint for a $3.5 trillion package — whose real […]
