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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. […]
Earlier this summer we detailed how the president’s “infrastructure” plan would hurt your health care. Events have progressed quickly since then. The Senate recently passed a $1.2 trillion “hard infrastructure” package, and Senator Bernie Sanders is now proposing a $3.5 trillion spending spree that would grant government greater control over our health care system. In […]
If the nation’s governors believed the Senate’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill would create jobs and drive investment in communities, they would be the first to support it. But Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts does not want Congress to approve this boondoggle. Ricketts recently joined Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips and AFP – Nebraska State Director […]
The Senate on Tuesday voted 69-30 to pass a $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” package. If some of these senators figured that voting for the “bipartisan” legislation could forestall another, costlier bill, they were dead wrong. The very next day, the Senate voted to approve a partisan budget blueprint for a $3.5 trillion package — whose real […]
Why should concerned Americans contact their lawmakers about the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that the Senate recently passed? Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) addressed that question with Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips and AFP-Tennessee State Director Tori Venable during a recent Facebook Live event. Blackburn said one reason Americans should make their voices heard is […]
While the $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” bill the Senate passed August 10 has been labeled “bipartisan,” millions of Americans and their representatives in Congress oppose the wasteful spending contained in it. Those voices include Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) who joined Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips and AFP-Oklahoma State Director John Tidwell for a Facebook Live […]
Arlington, Va. – This week, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) led coalitions, each comprised of more than two dozen organizations, in sending two letters to the U.S. Congress related to pending new energy taxes as part of Sen. Sanders’ “infrastructure” proposal lawmakers plan to advance on partisan lines through reconciliation. Contrary to the commitments by President Biden […]
