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House lawmakers may have been vacationing this August, but their constituents have not rested. At Americans for Prosperity events across the country, voters have continued to demand that policymakers oppose Washington’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure boondoggle and Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” budget resolution. House lawmakers could vote on these two pieces of legislation this week. They should listen to the thousands of Americans who, since May, have been raising […]
Arlington, Va. – AFP President Tim Phillips issued the following statement in response to congressional leaders’ successful efforts to sneak the $3.5 trillion budget resolution into a procedural vote instead of bringing it to the floor for an up or down vote. Speaker Pelosi had previously tried this maneuver Monday evening but failed following pushback […]
Dear Representative, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to vote “NO” on S. Con. Res. 14, Senator Sanders’ Budget Resolution for FY2022. Senator Bernie Sanders’ budget resolution is little more than a “shell” to expedite approval of the second piece of President Biden’s so-called “infrastructure” proposal, a […]
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 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 […]
While polling shows that immigration continues to rank among important priorities for Congress to address, progress has been slow. Different bills have gained support – including the bipartisan Border Solutions Act – but no significant legislation has been approved this year. Congress is failing to act even though obvious border challenges point to the importance […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity is ramping up its ongoing campaign to oppose the Biden-Sanders “infrastructure” proposals as House lawmakers prepare to return to Washington next week after cutting August recess short to vote on the budget resolution and kick off reconciliation negotiations. The new push, which are part of the grassroots group’s seven-figure […]
The House of Representatives will return early from its summer recess to consider Democrats’ $3.5 billion budget resolution and the Senate-passed $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. Rep. Tom Cole opposes both measures. He explained why in a recent Facebook Live event with Americans for Prosperity Senior Economic Advisor Akash Chougule and AFP-Oklahoma State Director John Tidwell. […]
