Three myths and facts about Congress’ so-called infrastructure package
Oct 4, 2021

President Joe Biden and Congress are readying a $4.7 trillion reckless spending spree that would devastate American families and small businesses. With the $3.5 trillion so-called Build Back Better Act losing support in the face of mounting concerns from Americans across the country and members of Congress growing frustrated with the rushed process, Biden is […]

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Records confirm VA’s use of inaccurate wait time numbers
Oct 1, 2021

Documents obtained by Americans for Prosperity Foundation through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, which are part of an ongoing lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs, reveal the VA’s failure to follow the VA MISSION Act and its own regulatory requirements by refusing to refer eligible veterans for community care. The documents […]

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Americans for Prosperity Press Release
New Poll: Major concerns loom over $3.5 trillion spending package, Americans favor scrapping it
Oct 1, 2021

Significant majorities fear middleclass tax hikes, accelerated inflation, weaker economy Arlington, Va. – Americans favor scrapping the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package currently under consideration by Congress, according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by Americans for Prosperity on the public’s attitude toward the spending plan. The poll comes as President Biden and congressional leaders struggle […]

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Rep. Jim Jordan: Americans must keep up opposition to Washington’s overspending
Oct 1, 2021

As the House of Representatives barrels toward votes on the Senate’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and Democrats’ more than $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation, Rep. Jim Jordan took time to join Americans for Prosperity for a Facebook Live event, part of our Congress Convo series. The congressman was joined by AFP Senior Advisor for Economic Policy […]

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Two Cases Before The Supreme Court Provide an Opportunity to Reaffirm Separation of Powers
Sep 30, 2021

Americans for Prosperity Foundation urges Supreme Court to reaffirm the Constitution prohibits unelected, unaccountable officials at federal agencies from claiming legislative and judicial powers Americans for Prosperity Foundation recently filed friend-of-the-Court briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of neither party in American Hospital Association v. Becerra and Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation. In […]

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Americans for Prosperity Press Release
New Ad Tells Congress: “Hands off Our Cures”
Sep 30, 2021

“America – we lead the world in access to new drugs and cures for cancer, AIDS and COVID. But some in Washington would put that at risk with a 95 percent drug tax and a loss of control over the medicines you need.”

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AFP Foundation seeks to limit use of commercial speech doctrine to evade meaningful judicial review
Sep 29, 2021

Which one of these signs merits full First Amendment protection: a billboard providing the address of the nearest 24-hour urgent care provider or a billboard exhorting the reader to “Vote No on 15”? If you answered “both” then you’ve identified an anomaly in First Amendment jurisprudence, which would categorize the first example as “commercial speech” […]

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Americans for Prosperity Press Release
AFP Applauds House on Advancing EQUAL Act
Sep 29, 2021

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) applauded the House of Representatives for passing the EQUAL Act (H.R. 1693) in an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 361-66. This bill will end a well-intentioned but failed policy that has been reformed by Congress multiple times. AFP Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “Our […]

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Congress’ ‘infrastructure’ spending proposals are grossly irresponsible
Sep 29, 2021

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 […]

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