Commentary

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) expressed disapproval on the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s decision to rescind a rule amending the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that would have improved our ability to build, improve, and maintain infrastructure by facilitating more efficient, effective, and timely NEPA reviews by Federal agencies. Although initially […]

Grassroots activists are ready to hold Representatives Elissa Slotkin and Haley Stevens accountable for voting against the best interests of their constituents  LANSING, Mich. — Grassroots activists with the Michigan chapter of Americans for Prosperity are rallying and making their voices heard loudly at the President’s visit to Howell, Mich. today. The group, and its numerous […]

Grassroots group sends letter countering flawed economic thinking, inaccurate arguments Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) recently sent a letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) countering the arguments made by a few senators about the accuracy of an ITC study analyzing the benefits of free trade for the United States and Americans. […]

President Joe Biden and Congress are readying a $4.7 trillion reckless spending spree that would devastate American families and small businesses. With the $3.5 trillion so-called Build Back Better Act losing support in the face of mounting concerns from Americans across the country and members of Congress growing frustrated with the rushed process, Biden is […]

Significant majorities fear middleclass tax hikes, accelerated inflation, weaker economy Arlington, Va. – Americans favor scrapping the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package currently under consideration by Congress, according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by Americans for Prosperity on the public’s attitude toward the spending plan. The poll comes as President Biden and congressional leaders struggle […]

Americans for Prosperity Foundation urges Supreme Court to reaffirm the Constitution prohibits unelected, unaccountable officials at federal agencies from claiming legislative and judicial powers Americans for Prosperity Foundation recently filed friend-of-the-Court briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of neither party in American Hospital Association v. Becerra and Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation. In […]

Which one of these signs merits full First Amendment protection: a billboard providing the address of the nearest 24-hour urgent care provider or a billboard exhorting the reader to “Vote No on 15”? If you answered “both” then you’ve identified an anomaly in First Amendment jurisprudence, which would categorize the first example as “commercial speech” […]

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Senior Fellow of Fiscal Policy Kurt Couchman issued the following statement in advance of the Senate vote on a continuing resolution that would raise the debt limit. AFP believes the debt limit should be raised alongside reforms that would begin to fix the broken budget process. “Budget brinkmanship […]

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) unveiled a new multi-million dollar ad blitz to amplify its ongoing “End Washington Waste: Stop the Spending Spree” national grassroots mobilization campaign to drive opposition to the $4.7 trillion Biden-Sanders spending package, an historic tax-and-spend monstrosity that would lead to a government takeover of our everyday lives and […]