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Report shows Medicare’s hospital trust fund will run out of money in just five years Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity responded to the latest Social Security and Medicare Trustees report which cast a dire forecast on Medicare’s finances. Like last year’s trustees forecast and the one before it, the latest report projects that […]
Powell, OH – Americans for Prosperity-Ohio (AFP-OH) announced it is hosting a “Pull the Pork” event on Thursday with Buckeye Institute Research Fellow Greg Lawson and Mike Carey. The event will rally activists to encourage Ohio lawmakers to oppose the Biden-Sanders $4.7 “infrastructure” proposals. The event is part of the grassroots group’s seven-figure “End Washington […]
BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) today announced its support for Jeremy Stine running in the special election to represent the 27th district in the Louisiana State Senate. As a third-generation small business owner, active community advocate, and native Louisianan, Stine has earned the full support of AFP-LA due to his commitment to champion […]
Americans for Prosperity Foundation urges Supreme Court to allow judicial review of unconstitutional administrative actions and protect the separation of powers. Americans for Prosperity Foundation recently filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Axon Enterprise v. FTC, urging the court to grant Axon’s cert petition. In the Ninth Circuit, AFP Foundation also teamed up […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Today, Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) released its midsession scorecard that serves as a tool for constituents to see how their legislators voted on key issues. The grassroots organization encourages constituents to utilize the scorecard as a catalyst for engagement with their elected officials to achieve full accountability and transparency. Legislators are […]
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’ […]
“Buying tickets to a Texans game is a good use of money, but Biden’s ‘infrastructure’ plan is a colossal waste.” Houston, TX – Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) is launching a flyover at tomorrow’s Houston Texans game, targeting Rep. Lizzie Fletcher for her support of the Biden-Sanders ‘infrastructure’ bill. The flyover, which will circle the stadium […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – Americans for Prosperity-Indiana (AFP-IN) is hosting a rally against the Biden-Sanders $4.7 trillion “infrastructure” proposals today. U.S. Senator Mike Braun, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, and Congressman Jim Baird will attend the rally and speak with Hoosiers on why these proposals are bad for families, will hurt the economy, and make […]
Medicaid’s improper payment rate jumped from 9 percent in 2018 to 21 percent in 2020, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “That might seem like just one more big number from Washington, but it amounts to a whopping $143 billion,” wrote Americans for Prosperity Senior Policy Fellow Dean Clancy in an op-ed for The Hill, adding that these lost […]
