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Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently announced her proposal to have politicians micromanage — or even break up — tech companies. If that doesn’t sound like a good idea to you, it’s because it’s not: America’s biggest tech companies are controlling more and more of our digital lives. And they’re using their size and power to make […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Americans for Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO) on Monday took part in a press conference with coalition members to urge the legislature to support meaningful sentencing reform. Representatives from a coalition that includes AFP-MO, FAMM (formerly Families Against Mandatory Minimums), and Empower Missouri each spoke along with Rep. Shamed Dogan, Sen. Ed Emery, and […]
The White House released the president’s budget for fiscal year 2020 on Monday. This budget sets a vision for spending, taxes, and debt for the coming year and the next decade. It features a broad mix of spending priorities and proposes a net reduction in total government spending of $2.7 trillion over ten years from […]
The Kaiser Family Foundation published a study earlier this month on the costs of health insurance plans under Obamacare. The results are grim. Obamacare was intended to lower health insurance premiums, but it did precisely the opposite. Millions of Americans are struggling to afford even the most basic plans on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges. Despite low incomes, many Americans still earn slightly too much to qualify […]
The newest Medicare for All plan is a complete overhaul of health care insurance in America. CLICK HERE and tell Congress we can’t afford a health care system that abolishes our insurance. If you like your current health insurance plan, tough luck. You can’t keep it — that is, if Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s newest rendition of Medicare for All becomes […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Americans for Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO) expressed disappointment Tuesday after the House Rules Committee voted to kill a widely supported civil asset forfeiture bill. HB 444, sponsored by criminal justice reform champion Rep. Shamed Dogan, would have ended the practice of local and state law enforcement using a loophole to get around the state’s proper […]
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously last week that the Eighth Amendment’s excessive fines clause is a protection applicable to the states under the 14th Amendment’s due process clause. To discuss the significance of this case, and what it means for the practice of civil asset forfeiture, Americans for Prosperity’s David Barnes sat […]
For many Americans, seeking medical care requires over an hour’s drive to the nearest provider. For some, this is a major inconvenience. For others, it can be life-threatening. Neither is acceptable. These issues are commonplace in rural areas of the United States. While urban areas naturally attract more hospitals and more providers, there are steps states can take to […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips issued the following statement ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to advance the nomination of Neomi Rao to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit: “We appreciate Senator Hawley taking his “advise and consent” role seriously as he considers Neomi Rao for the D.C.-circuit court of […]
