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The following was adapted from my submission for the record to the House Budget Committee on January 31, 2024. You can read the official version here. This week, the House Budget Committee held a hearing on “Creating a Culture of Responsibility: Assessing the Role of the Congressional Budget Office.” Congress created CBO, the congressional budget […]
Is the American Dream unaffordable today? It feels that way for many of us. But prosperity is possible – if we focus on the policies that help hardworking Americans. Holding government accountable – for its wasteful spending, outdated labor laws, and limits on energy production, especially – is key to unlocking abundance. Government should be […]
ATLANTA, GA – Today, following the unanimous passage in the Georgia Senate to advance SB 366, the Tax Expenditures Transparency Act, Americans for Prosperity – Georgia (AFP-GA) is commending the vote that would make Georgia a model state for comprehensive budget reform. After testifying at the Senate Finance Committee hearing on SB 366, AFP-GA Coalitions […]
ST. PAUL, MN – Today, Americans for Prosperity – Minnesota (AFP-MN) announced the launch of the “One Expensive Minnesota” tax calculator, a new website that will calculate the amount of money “Minnesota Democrats took from you” under the state government’s record-busting budget passed last year. The site also asks participants to sign a petition asking the governor […]
COLUMBIA, SC – Following First Lady Jill Biden’s address to South Carolina Educators, Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) highlighted the Biden-Harris Administration’s failed policies that have emboldened union leaders instead of putting students and families first, and is calling for actual solutions to increase access to education during National School Choice Week. AFP-SC State Director […]
Sending surrogate after surrogate to hone in on his lies doesn’t change a thing, Wisconsinites are still worse off under ‘Bidenomics’ Madison, WI – Today, President Biden visits Superior, to tout his failing economic agenda. His visit comes only days after Vice President Kamala Harris’ Monday visit to the Badger State, following Acting Secretary of […]
“A state cannot tax-and-spend its way into prosperity,” said Patnaude Annie Patnaude, state director of the grassroots liberty group Americans for Prosperity-Michigan issued the following statement in response of Governor Whitmer’s State of the State address this evening: “To paraphrase Winston Churchill, a state cannot tax-and-spend its way into prosperity. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposals to […]
SAINT PAUL, MN – Today, Americans for Prosperity – Minnesota (AFP-MN), launched a statewide advertising campaign to hold state Democrats accountable for their wasteful and unsustainable spending ahead of the 2024 state legislative session beginning in February. The “One Expensive Minnesota” campaign, named after the “One Minnesota Budget” signed by Governor Tim Walz last year, will consist […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity Senior Fellow in Fiscal Policy Kurt Couchman praised the House Budget Committee for advancing bipartisan legislation today to create a fiscal commission and start addressing our nation’s $34 trillion debt. The fiscal commission bill advanced by the Committee would create a focused space for Congress to get to work […]
