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Lawmakers are considering two proposals, ostensibly related to infrastructure, that would spend trillions of dollars, worsening America’s health care outcomes and hiking taxes, explain U.S. Representative Byron Donalds and Americans for Prosperity-Florida State Director Skylar Zander in an op-ed for The Hill. The first proposal, costing $1.2 trillion, would contain little to do with roads and bridges — but the […]

LANSING, MI – Americans for Prosperity – Michigan (AFP-MI) is launching a multi-layered campaign to defeat a new corporate handouts bill being considered by the Senate Economic and Small Business Development Committee this Thursday. SB 615 would give $300 million in tax subsidies to large corporations. The campaign includes calls, door knocking, and targeted outreach […]

Over the next few weeks, members of Congress will cast several votes that could add trillions to the U.S. national debt. President Joe Biden and supporters of the so-called “infrastructure” package— said to cost $3.5 trillion, but likely to exceed $5 trillion — claim their proposal will not harm the middle class. They are wrong. Inflation, taxes, and energy costs would all rise […]

Manchester, NH – Americans for Prosperity Foundation – New Hampshire (AFPF-NH) is hosting a panel discussion on qualified immunity tomorrow at the Backyard Brewery in Manchester. Speakers from across the ideological spectrum will be speaking at the event, including the ACLU-NH, CATO Institute, state Representative Tony Lekas, and the Institute for Justice. Qualified immunity is […]

Pennsylvanians Want to Put the Guardrails Up on Spending in Harrisburg HARRISBURG, Pa. – Today, Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) released a new survey by Susquehanna Polling and Research that shows by a 64:23 margin, PA voters want to put limits on annual increases in government spending, an idea embodied in the Taxpayer Protection Act legislation […]

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) submitted public comments outlining its opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule to revise existing greenhouse gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles for 2023 and later model years. These new burdensome vehicle regulations would reduce affordability for passenger vehicles, replace consumer preferences with politically preferred technology […]

FRANKFORT, KY — Americans for Prosperity – Kentucky (AFP-KY) today released its 2021 Legislative Scorecard. The scorecard provides an under-the-hood look at how lawmakers voted on AFP-KY’s key priorities during this year’s legislative session. From issues such as educational freedom to smart on crime criminal justice reforms, all bills captured and outlined are viewed as […]

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Senior Fellow of Fiscal Policy Kurt Couchman issued the following statement in advance of the Senate vote on a continuing resolution that would raise the debt limit. AFP believes the debt limit should be raised alongside reforms that would begin to fix the broken budget process. “Budget brinkmanship […]

The Biden-Sanders $3.5 trillion reconciliation package is a wasteful spending spree of long-standing partisan priorities that would bring the federal government into the middle of our everyday lives and fundamentally alter the trajectory of our country for the worse. President Biden and Senator Sanders need complete party unity to pass their spending package, and they’re in disarray […]