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With President Donald Trump’s inauguration right around the corner, America has a historic opportunity to tackle the big problems keeping our economy back and pass policies that will build American prosperity for decades to come. And there’s one specific issue that the incoming Administration has vowed to deal with head-on: eliminating government waste. Today, the […]
President Joe Biden is (thankfully) on his way out of the White House. Yet, up to his very last days in office, his administration is still pushing policies that will limit our energy industry and endanger our economy. With just two weeks left in power, his administration issued a permanent ban on any future offshore […]
It’s a new year. A new Congress. A new administration. A fresh start to deliver the solutions Americans voted for. After four years of disastrous policies that brought record inflation and wrecked the personal finances of millions, Americans sent a clear message to Washington: It’s time for real solutions that bring freedom and prosperity. Congress […]
Washington is strangling America in red tape. The Biden administration shattered President Obama’s record for most regulations packed into a single year — filling 96,088 pages in the Federal Register. And that number could surpass 100,000 pages before the end of the year. The Constitution clearly outlines the separation of powers between the three branches […]
American workers scored a big win — one you probably didn’t hear about. A few weeks ago, the Senate voted against the confirmation of Biden holdover Lauren McFerran for another term as chair of the National Labor Relations Board. This is a huge win for American workers. You might not have heard about the NLRB […]
Runaway inflation has led to a cost-of-living crisis that’s devastated American families. Over the last four years, it’s cost Americans an average of $12,000 every year. Thankfully, there’s one policy that has helped us by keeping thousands of dollars in our pockets: The Trump tax cuts, formally known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the nation’s largest grassroots organization, today applauded Congress for passing H.R. 115, The Midnight Rules Relief Act, introduced by Congressman Andy Biggs. The Midnight Rules Relief Act enhances congressional oversight of federal agency rulemaking and strengthens Congress’s ability to rein in overreaching regulations. By expanding and streamlining the […]
The administrative state is out of control. Consider the case of Bill Bright, a fisherman from Cape May, New Jersey. In 2020, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), a federal agency within the Department of Commerce, demanded that Atlantic herring fishermen like Bright pay for government-appointed monitors to ride along on their boats — at […]
Letter co-signed by eighteen organizations calls on lawmakers to assume their constitutional rulemaking authorities by enacting a series of targeted reforms and preventing the outgoing administration from abusing its power before it leaves office. Washington, D.C. – Today, Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s premiere grassroots organization that fights for prosperity through freedom and opportunity, sent […]
