AFP Applauds House Education and Workforce Committee for Advancing Resolution to Overturn Biden’s Student Loan Bailout
May 11, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity (AFP) applauds the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for advancing the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution overturning Biden’s unconstitutional student loan bailout. The resolution would immediately reverse the Biden Administration’s disastrous plan to transfer hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt to taxpayers who never took a […]

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AFP Calls on Congress to Pass Braun-Barr Resolution to Stop Biden ESG Regulation
Feb 8, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is calling on Congress to pass the bipartisan joint resolution led by Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) and Representative Andy Barr (R-KY) that would stop the Biden Administration’s ESG rule from endangering Americans’ hard-earned retirement incomes. In November, the Biden Administration issued a rule through the Department of Labor (DOL) that […]

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New AFP Report: Structural Balance Can Help States Unleash Freedom and Reclaim Sovereignty
Feb 7, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA—Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released a new report outlining how state legislatures can unleash freedom and reclaim sovereignty with structurally balanced budgets. The report describes model policy for a state structural balance tax and expenditure limitation (TEL), highlighting how adopting structural balance in their budgeting can help state policymakers produce better results. Most […]

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Key Vote Alert: Support SB 59
Feb 1, 2023

On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists across West Virginia, I urge you to support SB 59. This vote may be recorded in our 2023 session legislative scorecard. Unemployment assistance can be helpful for West Virginians at times of need, be that during a pandemic or more normal job disruptions. This bills would not interrupt assistance […]

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ICYMI: Coloradans are in no mood to pay more
Jan 26, 2023

DENVER, CO — New today in Colorado Politics, Americans for Prosperity State Director Jesse Mallory details the influx of new rate increases, tax hikes, and gas premiums facing hardworking Coloradans. As the legislature, Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), and special-interest partners try to take more and more taxpayer money, Mallory’s op-ed explains how voters have already […]

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AFP-CO’s New Year’s Resolution Urges Lawmakers to Support TABOR, Stop the Gas Tax Increase
Dec 29, 2022

DENVER, CO — Americans for Prosperity Colorado (AFP-CO) today launched its 2023 New Year’s Resolutions, an awareness campaign highlighting the organization’s priorities for the New Year.   The campaign, targeted at Governor Polis and legislators, urges lawmakers to “make a resolution” to support returning TABOR refunds, stopping the gas tax increase set to go into effect, and increasing […]

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How to Gather Signatures for the Petition to STOP the Chicago Bears Development Subsidy
Nov 22, 2022

Thank you for your interest in helping the Illinois Corporate Welfare Accountability Committee in fighting corporate welfare for Billionaire NFL owners and to protect the taxpayers of Arlington Heights. The Illinois Corporate Welfare Accountability Committee needs to collect over 3,000 signatures before January 3, 2023 to get the following advisory referenda to appear on the […]

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Biden Administration’s Student Debt Forgiveness Another So-Called Solution That Will Leave Americans Much Worse Off
Aug 24, 2022

Arlington, Va. –The Biden Administration announced on Wednesday that it would transfer hundreds of billions of dollars from taxpayers to those with student loans, which amounts to another harmful, politically motivated policy that will push already-skyrocketing higher education costs even higher. While student debt forgiveness may sound good on paper, the reality is that forgiving […]

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The Senate is considering Biden's nomination of Kalpana Kotagal for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission commissioner. Here's why we're concerned about the EEOC's power and Kotagal's nomination.
Appropriations process highlights need to upgrade congressional budgeting
Jul 22, 2022

As the House takes up appropriations under the shadows of inflation and last year’s reconciliation, the cracks in federal budgeting continue to grow. Floor consideration of appropriations bills won’t be followed with individual conference committees and enactment, but with a short-term continuing resolution and perhaps a bloated omnibus appropriations bill after the election. After nearly […]

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