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AFP-LA Interim State Director James Lee joined the Moon Griffon Show this morning to discuss AFP’s Reject Bailouts campaign to convince Senator Cassidy, Senator Kennedy, and Louisiana’s Congressional Delegation to oppose reckless bailouts of state and local governments. Thousands of Louisianans have already taken action to oppose these bailout proposals at www.rejectbailouts.com. Take a listen […]
Amid the tragic hardships posed by COVID-19, people across America are taking the initiative to meet the needs of their communities in innovative ways. It’s important that any policy response to the crisis helps the uniquely American approach of empowering every individual to contribute to the best of their ability. This is especially true in […]
Three dozen public policy organizations are calling on Congress to make permanent the life-saving waivers of federal health care regulations granted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This crisis has exposed a tragic reality: America’s health care system often stands in the way of doctors, nurses, and medical researchers helping people,” Brent Gardner, chief government […]
Our country faces a long road to recover from COVID-19 and the ensuing shut down. Nearly every community is dealing with hardships created by the virus and blanket shutdowns. Tens–of–millions have filed for unemployment. It’s crucial that leaders draw on best practices from those who’ve innovated to continue safely providing the goods we rely on as they make decisions about reopening our economy. We’ve seen businesses large and small come alongside government […]
Americans for Prosperity Board Member Mark Holden | Morning Consult The U.S. Sentencing Commission, which is largely dormant due to a lack of a quorum, published a study late last month on recidivism that is a blast from the past and straight from the failed “Tough on Crime” era playbook of the 1980s. Its key finding was that “incarceration […]
ST. PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) issued a key vote alert Wednesday urging senators to support HF2898, a bill that would exempt a number of activities from cosmetology occupational licenses. Read the Key Vote Alert Here. Background: In the 1950s, about one-in-twenty Americans required a license to work. Today that number is one-in-four. Many of these licenses […]
Americans for Prosperity South Carolina State Director Andrew Yates | The Greenville News South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham recently introduced a bill that should give everyone in our state reason for pause. The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act, or EARN IT Act, is a measure that would jeopardize key free speech protections and could […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed regulations in our health care system that hurt Americans’ ability to receive the care they need, Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips wrote in a May 11 op-ed for RealClearHealth. Phillips noted that FDA bureaucratic gridlock, certificate-of-need laws, telemedicine regulations, scope of practice restrictions, and other barriers reduce access to […]
Official projections now show the state will be facing a $2.4 billion (at least) Covid-19/shutdown-induced budget deficit. Former Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch will join us to share some tough lessons learned and advice for today’s leaders from the last time we faced a budget challenge like this. Then in the second half of the […]
