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The event will be the second this week in the state featuring a Member of Congress SPRINGFIELD, IL — Americans for Prosperity-Illinois will host a grassroots awareness event this Thursday, May 26 to highlight the “True Cost of Washington” and its impact on hardworking Illinoisans. The event will occur the day after Congressman Darin LaHood joins AFP-IL in […]
AFP-MO will roll back gas prices to $2.12, the price per gallon in Missouri the day before President Biden took office FREDERICKTOWN, MO — Americans for Prosperity-Missouri will host a grassroots awareness event this Thursday, May 26 to highlight the “True Cost of Washington” and its impact on hardworking Missourians. Washington’s reckless spending and crushing regulations have Missourians […]
Updated July 20, 2022 Higher inflation (a whopping 8.3 percent increase since last April) continues to run rampant through the economy, wreaking havoc on family finances as Americans struggle with rising costs for everyday necessities and with wages lagging behind climbing prices. Unfortunately, rather than addressing the root causes of inflation, the Biden administration is […]
During a U.S. House hearing, the Department of Homeland Security announced the rollout of their new Disinformation Governance Board, which, among other tasks, will include countering disinformation about the U.S. southern border. As Americans for Prosperity senior analyst David Voorman notes, the mere concept of having an agency decide which forms of speech constitute misinformation […]
By AFP Senior Foreign Policy Analyst Tyler Koteskey The U.S. Senate voted last night on a military and humanitarian aid package for Ukraine that tops over $40 billion. This emergency supplemental funding comes hot on the heels of $14 billion that the U.S. just authorized for Ukraine in March and exceeds more than six-fold the […]
Arlington, Va. – In a May 13 column for Newsmax, healthcare policy guru Sally Pipes urged lawmakers to embrace AFP’s personal option plan. Pipes noted that Republican policymakers, in particular, have an opportunity to lead on healthcare reform and offer a smarter alternative to the single payer proposals being offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders and […]
New op-ed offers solutions to lower inflation and energy prices CHARLESTON, WV — Americans for Prosperity – West Virginia (AFP-WV) State Director Jason Huffman wrote an op-ed in the Charleston Gazette-Mail on how government actions have contributed to skyrocketing inflation and suggests actions state and federal lawmakers can take to lower energy prices. An excerpt is below. The full op-ed […]
“These were pieces of legislation that had broad, bipartisan support that should have passed if procedural hijinks had not been used to kill them.” COLUMBIA, SC – Following sine die, Americans for Prosperity – South Carolina (AFP-SC) took issue with the House for failing to act on crucial legislation to help South Carolina patients. AFP-SC […]
Congress’ watchdog just issued a stark warning about the dangers of the federal government spending far more than it collects in revenue. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released “The Nation’s Fiscal Health: Federal Action Critical to Pivot toward Fiscal Sustainability” on March 5. Growing deficits and debt will undermine our prosperity as Congress lets entitlement-driven […]
