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In a pair of new reports, the Congressional Budget Office has provided its regular update to projections about federal spending, revenues, and debt over the next 10 years. The results aren’t encouraging, as both spending and debt are on an unsustainable path. According to the CBO, public debt is on track to be double the […]

Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) issued a Key Vote Alert against the so-called American Rescue Plan Act, President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID package, which is packed with unnecessary spending for long-standing partisan priorities and will do nothing to end the pandemic or help the economy recover stronger. AFP believes any COVID relief spending […]

Grassroots group calls for timely, temporary, targeted relief BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) joined a national comprehensive, integrated campaign to mobilize its grassroots activists against President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID package, which is filled with unnecessary spending for long-standing partisan priorities — even as $1 trillion of earlier COVID assistance remains unspent. […]

ST. PAUL, MN – Following the release of the state budget forecast that found a vast improvement to Minnesota’s budget deficit with the state now projecting a $1.6 billion surplus instead of the $1.2 billion budget shortfall for the upcoming biennium, Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) State Director Jason Flohrs released the following statement: “Even as […]

Americans for Prosperity State Director Greg Moore | New Hampshire Union Leader Op-Ed While Americans are working to beat coronavirus and rebuild a dynamic economy, lawmakers in Washington should have one priority: supporting our efforts to recover stronger. There are numerous reforms that can be enacted to get government out of the way, and they […]

“We want anything that the government does at this point to be timely and targeted, and really helping of folks in need. Too much in this legislation doesn’t reach this goal.” That’s the message Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips delivered on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal on Wednesday morning. He went on the program to discuss Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, […]

TRENTON, N.J. – Americans for Prosperity-New Jersey (AFP-NJ) highlighted the shortcomings of Gov. Murphy’s budget proposal. The grassroots group stressed that with this approach, the governor is likely to fall short on his promise for economic recovery in the short term and will contribute to long term financial instability. AFP-NJ State Director Tony Howley issued the following statement: […]

Grassroots group calls for timely, temporary, targeted relief Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) launched a significant six-figure campaign to mobilize its grassroots activists against President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID package, which is packed with unnecessary spending for long-standing partisan priorities and will do nothing to end the pandemic or help the economy recover […]

Grassroots group calls for timely, temporary, targeted relief CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia (AFP-WV) today joined a national comprehensive, integrated campaign to mobilize its grassroots activists against President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID package, which is packed with unnecessary spending for long-standing partisan priorities and will do nothing to end the pandemic or help […]