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Year after year, Washington brings America to the brink of a government shutdown. These high-pressure situations are consistently used as political leverage by both sides to advance bad policy. Crisis scenarios caused by Washington’s broken budget process place unnecessary pressure on Congress to let wasteful spending and corporate welfare creep into must-pass legislation, giving lawmakers a license […]
Arlington, Va. – The Washington Post reported today that the government’s budget deficit rose to $984 billion in 2019, a $205 billion increase from 2018, despite continued economic growth and higher revenues. Americans for Prosperity has consistently called for lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to work together on a solution to rein in spending to meaningfully address America’s skyrocketing national […]
Arlington, Va. – Today, to focus the conversation on putting the federal budget on a path to fiscal responsibility, Senator Mitt Romney, Senator Joe Manchin, Senator Todd Young, Senator Doug Jones, and Senator Kyrsten Sinema introduced the Time to Rescue United States’ Trusts (TRUST) Act. U.S. Representatives Mike Gallagher, Ed Case, William Timmons, and Ben McAdams also […]
AFP challenges Congress to end the “Corporate Welfare Horror Show” Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity today will deliver each member of Congress with a Halloween treat, a horror movie poster urging them to oppose the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank and the renewal of the so-called “tax extenders.” As part of the multimillion-dollar effort […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity filed a lawsuit against the Export Import Bank and the U.S. Department of the Treasury for failure to comply with Freedom of Information Act requests and deadlines. In July, AFP submitted requests seeking access to records indicating whether Ex-Im is complying with a requirement in its charter to minimize […]
Anyone who owns a credit card or has taken out a loan knows how interest works. You are, to put it simply, paying extra money for the privilege of having been able to borrow money. At low levels, interest isn’t much of a burden. The cost is often well-worth the ability to access capital when you need it. Nevertheless, as […]
Grassroots group makes the case against reauthorization as Sept. 30 deadline nears. Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released a new report today detailing the culture of cronyism and corporate welfare that is propped up by the decades-old Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank. The report, authored by AFP Federal Policy Analyst Michael Lambert, finds that “despite the naked […]
Happy Labor Day Weekend! Host Jason Flohrs chatted with Rep. Jim Nash about all the recent local and state scandals of waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars. From cities overcharging for permitting fees and then pocketing the profits to DHS giving out tens of millions of dollars to the wrong people – it’s time […]
Grassroots group announces direct mail and digital campaign urging House and Senate lawmakers to continue working to stop reckless spending when they arrive back to Washington. Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today launched a new direct mail and digital effort thanking 25 House and Senate lawmakers who took a principled stand for fiscal […]
