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Bill’s Largest Single Provision A Massive Tax Carve Out For The Wealthy Arlington, VA – Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released the rest of its preliminary cost estimates of the Biden / Sanders multi-trillion spending package, finding it would increase deficits by $800 billion over the next five years—thereby fueling inflation. The tax hikes […]
Dear Representatives, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to vote NO on H.R. 5376, the so-called “Build Back Better” plan. This vote will be recorded in our 2021 session legislative scorecard. H.R. 5376 does not improve critical infrastructure, it is an unprecedent partisan power grab that spends trillions of […]
Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity’s activists in all 50 states, I urge you to vote “YES” in support of Senator Tim Kaine’s Amendment #4133 to H.R. 4350, which would repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF). Congress originally drafted and passed the 1991 and 2002 […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) applauded Representative Nancy Mace for her introduction of the States Reform Act. This comprehensive reform of federal marijuana policy will restore states’ rights and allow state leaders to choose the best marijuana policies for their constituents. The legislation is co-sponsored by Representatives Brian Mast, Tom McClintock, Peter Meijer, […]
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced the first comprehensive, Republican-led legislation to end the federal prohibition on cannabis. The States Reform Act would do the following: Decriminalize cannabis at the federal level and restore the proper balance of power between states and the federal government in this area. Establish a limited federal […]
The United States boasts some of the best doctors in the world. U.S. companies produce dozens of new prescription drugs each year, innovative and lifesaving medical technologies, and groundbreaking therapies. They researched, created, and distributed hundreds of millions of COVID-19 shots for all who want them in less than a year. It’s no surprise, then, […]
by AFP When COVID-19 hit the United States, local officials closed most doctors’ and dentists’ offices to all but emergency visits. With tens of millions of Americans suddenly cut off from clinicians, policymakers rushed to relax regulations related to telehealth. These changes allowed quarantined Americans to get in touch with their providers virtually, via video […]
Off-year elections when Congress and the White House are not up for grabs can be sleepy. Turnout often declines significantly. That did not happen in 2021. In Virginia, where the governor’s mansion and the state House of Delegates were in play, voter turnout was higher than in any other gubernatorial election in the state since […]
The study found that over the duration of the pandemic, the costs of telehealth care fell, suggesting that in a post-pandemic world telehealth could help increase access to medical care without increasing costs.
