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White House and Congress Should Repeal Outdated Law as Costs Continue to Rise (ARLINGTON, VA) – Today, The White House announced a temporary waiver of the Jones Act in order to ease anticompetitive shipping restrictions dating from 1920. The Biden administration noted that the waiver only applied to a single tanker and they are considering […]
DENVER – Today, the Colorado Taxpayers Coalition, a group of local, state, and national advocacy partners focused on protecting Colorado taxpayers by defeating the legislature’s new gas tax legislation, announced the expansion of the coalition ahead of the final Senate vote. New members include Springs Taxpayers and Broomfield Taxpayer Matters. The bill, SB21-260, would initially […]
This month, Americans for Prosperity kicked off End Washington Waste: Stop the Spending Spree, a campaign to oppose President Biden’s $4 trillion “infrastructure” package, a spending boondoggle that would leave most Americans worse off. The proposal, which is one of the most expensive in history, would require one of the largest tax increases in American […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today launched a full-scale national grassroots campaign focusing on 27 lawmakers, including Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (FL-7), in order to drive opposition to President Biden’s $4 trillion “infrastructure” proposal, a wasteful partisan spending spree of counterproductive policies that have nothing to do with improving roads and bridges, paid for by one of the largest […]
As America recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, we’re all looking for signs of a robust recovery. A growing economy should mean more jobs, rising wages, and the opportunity for millions to rebuild what was lost over the last year. Signs have been encouraging, with an economic growth rate that’s the highest in years. At the […]
The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule May 6 to withdraw a Trump-era rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act that gave critical protections to America’s independent contractors. The Biden DOL argued that, among other reasons, the rule “was in tension with the FLSA’s text and purpose, as well as relevant judicial precedent.” […]
How would the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, also called the PRO Act, affect independent contractors, including gig workers and freelancers, across the country? Would it help them, as supporters of the bill claim — or would it end up costing many of them their livelihoods? Thomas Bingham, a senior grassroots trainer with Grassroots […]
CONCORD, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today participated in a press conference with the Institute for Justice and Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, supporting reforming the state’s qualified immunity laws. Qualified immunity is a judge-made doctrine that shields the government from legal accountability in civil court even when […]
Gabriella Hoffman loves the outdoors. In her work as a freelance writer and media strategist, she helps advance political freedom, and she feels the most free when her work takes her outside to cover conservation, hunting, and fishing. Hoffman started her career in Washington, D.C., working a traditional 9-to-5 job that kept her mostly indoors. […]
