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Dear Representatives: On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to vote NO on H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. This vote will be recorded in our 2020 session legislative scorecard. Americans for Prosperity believes that maintaining and modernizing diverse and innovative infrastructure is important for a growing economy […]
In recognition of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME June 27, 2018 ruling, Americans for Prosperity wishes all public sector workers, including the now retired Mark Janus, a Happy #Janusversary. The Court’s decision reaffirmed the free speech rights of all government workers to freely decide whether to financially support government unions as part of […]
The open nature of American health care, and the efforts of governors to suspend top-down government regulations on medicine, has helped America weather the COVID-19 crisis, said Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips in an interview with National Review editor Rich Lowry earlier this week. The two discussed the relative inability of Europe’s socialized health care systems to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the American health […]
Transparency in government plays a key role in holding public officials accountable. In times of crisis in particular, greater insight into execution of relief programs empowers journalists, citizen watchdogs, and everyday Americans to ensure the program’s promise of support for those in need matches the reality of its implementation in communities across the country. On […]
Kortni Butterton got some good news recently. Butterton is a Nashville resident who took to a private, invite-only Facebook group to discuss a man she had once rejected on a dating app. Someone in the group shared her comments with the man, and Butterton says he somehow found her address, showed up without warning at her home, and — upon […]
Americans for Prosperity has signed on to a coalition letter praising the Trump administration for its recent executive order that paves the way for meaningful innovation in health care as the medical field continues to evolve in response to the coronavirus. “The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for flexibility in our health sector and […]
On Wednesday, Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (“AFPF”), filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Indian River County’s cert petition in Indian River County v. Department of Transportation, asking the Court to reconsider “Skidmore deference”, an analytical practice in which a federal court defers to an […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today announced its support for the Justice Act, Reforming Qualified Immunity Act and the Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2020, legislation that would improve policing standards. Americans for Prosperity Board Member Mark Holden stated: “We applaud Senator(s) Scott, Braun and Representative Roy for working quickly and diligently […]
The United States is facing a real threat in the way we’ve come to view the role of the federal government, Senator Mike Lee said during a teletownhall event earlier this week with Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips and Utah State Director Heather Andrews. The three discussed last month’s House-passed $3 trillion spending bill. The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES) is a bad […]
