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Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and a broad coalition of more than 200 leaders at the national and state level sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to support Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. The letter, convened by AFP, is signed by leaders of groups including […]
Nashville, TN – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) will host U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn for a Facebook Live tomorrow to discuss Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court and what the next steps are in her confirmation process. AFP President Tim Phillips and AFP Vice President for Legal and Judicial Strategy Casey Mattox will […]
Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, has joined the American Civil Liberties Union, Institute for Justice, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State (together, amici) in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting petitioner Chike Uzuegbunam. The brief urges the Court to affirm that harm to constitutional […]
ARLINGTON, Va.—Americans for Prosperity (AFP) on Tuesday announced support for the Stop PPE Taxes Act, a bipartisan effort introduced by Sen. Pat Toomey, to suspend tariffs on personal protective equipment through the end of 2022. AFP’s Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “In a time of crisis, our leaders should be doing […]
On Friday, October 2, 2020, Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Gibson v. SEC, urging the court to grant Mr. Gibson’s cert petition. Mr. Gibson, who is represented pro bono by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which has teamed up with former […]
On the evening of Saturday, September 29, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Immediately, Americans for Prosperity’s grassroots network jumped into action. “We are very excited about Judge Barrett,” Casey Mattox, Americans for Prosperity’s senior vice president for legal and judicial strategy, told activists in a Facebook Live held […]
Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting AMG Capital Management and Credit Bureau Services, LLC, urging the Court to curb the Federal Trade Commission’s use of Section 13(b) of the FTC Act to pursue multi-million (or even billion) dollar damages awards in conflict […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) will host a Facebook Live today with Montana Sen. Steve Daines, AFP President Tim Phillips, and AFP Vice President for Legal and Judicial Strategy Casey Mattox to discuss the next steps of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. AFP recently announced a full scale grassroots […]
Arlington, VA – The House Antitrust Subcommittee chaired by Rep. David Cicilline will hold a hearing today calling for the breakup of some of America’s leading technology firms. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) has long argued against the politicization of the antitrust process because using antitrust to score political points harms the competitive process and the consumers that process serves. AFP Senior Tech Policy Analyst Billy Easley […]
