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Americans for Prosperity has joined with the Fuel Choice Coalition to oppose legislation that would impose a restrictive mandate limiting the choices Iowans can make at the pump, raising prices, and hurting rural businesses and their employees. Members of the coalition stressed that in the midst of a pandemic that has created unprecedented challenges for […]
America benefits when a diversity of voices participates in public life. And every American should have the same opportunity to amplify their voice by coming alongside those who share their points of view. Congress will soon consider legislation that would make that harder. H.R. 1 would put restrictions on how people can communicate about issues […]
Half a decades’ worth of family pictures, my banking app, and a recent, highly charged text stream debating holding calls at the Super Bowl. That’s a starting list of everything on my phone without even getting to the second screen of apps. Hundreds of millions of other Americans store personal information on their phone too. […]
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SANTA FE, NM – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) and Concerned Veterans for America-New Mexico (CVA-NM) today urged lawmakers to reject HB 50, a bill that creates an unnecessary expansive private right of action under New Mexico’s environmental statues. The bill is before the House Judiciary Committee. The bill ignores the role of common law in adjudicating environmental […]
Americans for Prosperity is focused on advancing policies that improve the lives of the American people, allowing us all to become more prosperous. Given the continuing challenge posed by coronavirus and the policy responses adopted to combat it, it’s critical for government at all levels to pursue reforms that empower us to recover stronger. AFP […]
The Pennsylvania General Assembly reconvened last month to debate and discuss some of the biggest issues confronting the Keystone State, including: the governor’s emergency powers; a new budget proposal; and House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff’s economic recovery initiative, which aims to make Pennsylvania the “envy of the East.” In this episode of Grant Us Knowledge, […]
Lawmakers reintroduced the PRO Act late last week, this time to a Congress and president more receptive to the bill than in years prior. This bill would be a disaster for America’s workforce, which is why it should be rejected again. The PRO Act would, among other things, potentially eliminate independent contracting for millions of workers, and reclassify those workers as traditional employees under the National Labor Relations Act. Proponents claim that reclassifying independent […]
Independent contracting has given Paige Cerulli of Plainfield, Massachusetts, the opportunity to choose her own hours and contracts that suit her health needs, purchase her own home, write a novel and poetry in her free time, and make more money than she ever did as a full-time employee. Put simply, she is doing well for herself as a freelance writer. But some in Congress want to solve that “problem.” Under the PRO Act, lawmakers are attempting to classify many independent contractors as employees under […]
