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KANSAS CITY, M.O. – Americans for Prosperity-Kansas (AFP-KS) activists hosted a tailgate at the Kansas City Royals game on Saturday, September 18th at Kauffman stadium. The grassroots group spoke to fans about the bills and handed out informational materials to continue to echo AFP’s calls to “Stop the Spending Spree” in Washington as part of […]
Congress and the White House are struggling to come up with a plan to address the impending breach of the debt limit. But as Kurt Couchman, senior fellow for fiscal policy at Americans for Prosperity, writes in a new op-ed in The Hill, the debt limit is not so much a problem in itself as […]
For the first time in recent memory, inflation has become a major concern for many Americans. This year, families have seen the rising cost of groceries, gasoline, and other everyday goods. They’re worried about making ends meet. At the same time, Congress is considering Senator Bernie Sanders’ $3.5 trillion spending bill, to be paid for […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders came to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last week. Not as a presidential candidate (he has run for — and lost — the Democratic nomination two times), but as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Sanders indicated he was worried people did not understand all that is in the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation. […]
Congress’ proposed “infrastructure” packages — the first worth $1.2 trillion and the follow-up, spearheaded by Senator Bernie Sanders, worth an additional $3.5 trillion — would hurt taxpayers, fund lawmakers’ partisan pet projects, and grow the federal government’s control over American health care, argue Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips and former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in an op-ed for National Review. Senator Sanders’ […]
House lawmakers may have been vacationing this August, but their constituents have not rested. At Americans for Prosperity events across the country, voters have continued to demand that policymakers oppose Washington’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure boondoggle and Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” budget resolution. House lawmakers could vote on these two pieces of legislation this week. They should listen to the thousands of Americans who, since May, have been raising […]
Updated on January 25, 2022 to include the news that AFP Foundation’s FOIA lawsuit spurred CMS to release — for the first time ever — state-level Medicaid improper payment data. Eric Bolinder had spotted a problem. A big one. He and his team of policy experts at Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity […]
The House of Representatives will return early from its summer recess to consider Democrats’ $3.5 billion budget resolution and the Senate-passed $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. Rep. Tom Cole opposes both measures. He explained why in a recent Facebook Live event with Americans for Prosperity Senior Economic Advisor Akash Chougule and AFP-Oklahoma State Director John Tidwell. […]
MADISON, WI—Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today announced its expansive grassroots campaign to thank legislators who fought for Wisconsin taxpayers, businesses, and families during this year’s major budget battle. Wisconsin legislators worked tirelessly to pass a strong, fiscally conservative budget, which includes one of the largest income tax cuts in state history—putting more money back in […]
