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“Rep. Fletcher must listen to her constituents who know the Biden-Sanders ‘infrastructure’ proposals will slow the economy and insert more of Washington, DC into their lives.”  AUSTIN, TX – Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) is ramping up its ongoing campaign encouraging Rep. Lizzie Fletcher to oppose the Biden-Sanders “infrastructure” proposals after House lawmakers returned to Washington to […]

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 Biden-Sanders ‘infrastructure’ proposals, with a $4.7 trillion total price tag, cost more than double Obamacare.” LANSING, MI – Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) is ramping up its ongoing campaign encouraging Reps. Elissa Slotkin and Haley Stevens to oppose the Biden-Sanders “infrastructure” proposals as House lawmakers prepare to return to Washington today to vote on the budget […]

Frankfort, KY — Americans for Prosperity-Kentucky (AFP-KY) today applauded the Kentucky Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to let stand laws passed earlier this year limiting executive powers. The ruling will send an injunction from March back to the Franklin District Court to be dissolved. AFP-KY State Director Mike Conway released the following statement: “Separation of powers is the key […]

LANSING, MI – Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) hosted grassroots activists at a golf-themed event in DeWitt Thursday night as part of the group’s campaign against the Biden-Sanders “infrastructure” proposals currently making their way through Congress. Attendees each took ten swings at the DeWitt Golf Center driving range where each yard driven represented $1 million. Together, […]

AFP-FL to host rally in Rep. Murphy’s district ORLANDO, FL – Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) is ramping up its ongoing campaign encouraging Rep. Stephanie Murphy to oppose the Biden-Sanders “infrastructure” proposals as House lawmakers prepare to return to Washington to vote on the budget resolution and kick off reconciliation negotiations. Tomorrow, AFP-FL will host a […]

The federal government is currently exploring increasing taxes on capital gains that would squash the ability of Americans to save and invest. President Biden has proposed increasing the top capital gains tax rate from 23.8 percent to 43.4 percent when including the 3.8 percent net investment income tax. When factoring in state and local capital […]

Nearly 40 percent of the new spending in Senator Bernie Sanders’ proposed $3.5 trillion “infrastructure” plan would go to expanding government-funded health insurance. Believe it or not, that $1.3 trillion in new health care spending is bigger than Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act. About 40 percent bigger, in fact. And the purpose […]

TRENTON, N.J. – Americans for Prosperity-New Jersey (AFP-NJ) is ramping up its ongoing campaign to oppose the Biden-Sanders “infrastructure” proposals as House lawmakers, including Rep. Tom Malinowski, prepare to return to Washington next week. The House is being called back early after cutting August recess short to vote on the budget resolution and kick off […]