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Lansing, Michigan—Today, former Michigan Governor and Biden Administration Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm returned to Michigan to boost the administration’s energy and labor policies. Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin joined her in promoting the White House’s “Bidenomics” agenda. Americans for Prosperity-Michigan State Director Annie Patnaude issued the following statement about […]

Today, a new Biden Department of Labor (DOL) independent contractor rule went into effect despite significant opposition from Americans for Prosperity and numerous others who have noted the harm the rule will cause as well as questioned the authority of DOL to implement such changes. On Friday, March 8, Americans for Prosperity sent a letter […]

Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity’s Vice President of Government Affairs Akash Chougule made the following statement after President Biden’s State of the Union address: “The White House must be completely unaware of why President Biden has such an abysmal approval rating. What Americans heard from last night’s State of the Union was a breathtaking […]

Detroit, Michigan—Today, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited Detroit with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Senator Debbie Stabenow.  The trio of Democrats met with small businesses to boost “Bidenomics”. Americans for Prosperity-Michigan State Director Annie Patnaude gave the following statement: “As Secretary Yellen, Senator Stabenow, and Gretchen Whitmer try to convince Michigan business owners that ‘Bidenomics […]

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—Today, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce to boost the Biden Administration’s economic policies, known as “Bidenomics.” Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) State Director Ashley Klingensmith issued the following statement on Sec. Yellen’s visit: “Secretary Yellen will tell us that this is the ‘strongest economic comeback of our lifetimes,’ but […]

While well-intended, government wage mandates hurt more people than they help. Policies like minimum wages increase the cost of goods and services on lower income families. Plus, these policies deny more people the chance to earn an income by reducing jobs available. When those opportunities close, fewer people gain the skills and experience needed to […]

Dear Members of Congress, On behalf of millions of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to support H.J. Res. 98 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to “Standard for Determining Joint […]

Lansing, Michigan—Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI), the largest grassroots organization in the Great Lake State, issued a stinging rebuke of the Growing Michigan Together Council’s report on how to grow Michigan’s population. Governor Gretchen Whitmer convened the council earlier this year to address Michigan’s anemic population growth as Michiganders flee the state. Among the Council’s recommendations […]

Lansing, Michigan—Today, the Michigan legislature voted to violate public employees’ privacy by requiring that the government hand over the personal identifying information of new public employees to union organizers. The measure is similar to a provision in the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) a federal bill that would roll back Right to Work protections […]