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Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement in support of the Freedom to Work Act, which was introduced by Rep. Diana Harshbarger (TN-1) and would help remove unneeded governmental occupational licensing and related employment barriers for millions of Americans: “Americans for Prosperity applauds Representative Harshbarger for […]
How would the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, also called the PRO Act, affect independent contractors, including gig workers and freelancers, across the country? Would it help them, as supporters of the bill claim — or would it end up costing many of them their livelihoods? Thomas Bingham, a senior grassroots trainer with Grassroots […]
Gabriella Hoffman loves the outdoors. In her work as a freelance writer and media strategist, she helps advance political freedom, and she feels the most free when her work takes her outside to cover conservation, hunting, and fishing. Hoffman started her career in Washington, D.C., working a traditional 9-to-5 job that kept her mostly indoors. […]
On his first day in office, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order revoking several of his predecessor’s executive orders designed to bring greater transparency and fairness to federal regulations. In the order, Biden directed all executive branch agencies to rescind “any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies” deriving from those executive orders he revoked. […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity Senior Policy Analyst Austen Bannan issued the following statement on today’s jobs report showing the economy added only 266,000 jobs, well below economists’ expectations: “These job numbers show we can’t take economic recovery for granted. Our economy is moving in the right direction, but the better way to speed […]
On April 7, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law HB 4, the New Mexico Civil Rights Act. The law provides an avenue for New Mexicans to file a lawsuit against government employees, including law enforcement officers, if they have had their constitutional rights violated. Additionally, the law explicitly prohibits the government from using […]
Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to vote “NO” on S.J. Res.14, a resolution of disapproval for reforms related to the regulation of oil and gas under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (a companion resolution, H.J.Res.34 was introduced in the House). […]
The federal government is on an unsustainable fiscal path – and that’s particularly true for federal spending, specifically. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the share of our overall economy consumed by Washington is set to keep growing as far as the eye can see, unless Congress and the president act: If government spends more […]
From start to finish, it took Pfizer, Moderna, and others less than a year to get their COVID-19 vaccines approved for use. Before Operation Warp Speed, it typically took eight to 17 years to bring a vaccine to market. Writing in the Washington Examiner, Dean Clancy, senior health policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity, says we […]
