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Arlington, Va. – Today, the Supreme Court rejected the Administration’s latest attempt to undo the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It held that the administration failed to offer a reasoned explanation for its decision to rescind DACA and thus violated administrative procedure. While the decision ensures that the protections under DACA are not eliminated […]
COVID-19 caught our country off guard and exposed a tragic reality: America’s health care system is standing in the way of medical professionals helping people. To confront the pandemic, we need to reimagine our entire health care system. Doing so means breaking down the barriers that have long prevented patients from getting the quality medical […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Board Member Mark Holden issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to reform the nation’s policing policies: “This executive order seeks to address what we’ve known in this nation for a long time; we need to reform policing. The executive order rightly calls […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) will host a tele-townhall with U.S. Senator Mike Lee—alongside AFP President Tim Phillips and AFP Utah State Director Heather Andrews — to discuss what Americans can expect next from the U.S. Senate on Speaker Pelosi’s recently passed proposal bailing out state and local governments and what a better federal […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity and The LIBRE Initiative sent a letter to the administration’s National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner urging them to consider the negative impact of restricting OPT, H-1B, H-2B, J-1 and L-1 nonimmigrant programs. This letter comes on the heels of reports of White House […]
Though the federal government will be providing over $1.9 trillion to state and local governments this year, that’s still not enough, according to some lawmakers. The House of Representatives passed a $3 trillion bill that included nearly $1 trillion for states and localities last month — legislation that would almost double the amount of federal money made available to states in response to the coronavirus. This is a bad idea. It would push our […]
To confront the coronavirus pandemic and prepare for the next crisis, it’s time to reimagine health care. We can start working toward this goal by continuing to remove barriers that prevent patients from getting the access to care they deserve. Beginning in Washington, it is crucial for Congress to recognize that these reforms are saving lives […]
On Thursday, May 28, 2020, the White House issued an executive order curtailing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The Act, passed in 1996, asserts that people are responsible for their words and actions online, not the tools they use. It ensures that legal challenges to online speech should generally be directed at the speakers rather […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today launched a new digital video ad campaign urging Congress to make permanent several of the lifesaving regulatory waivers issued by federal agencies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. AFP is launching the video, “Reimagine Health Care,” as part of a multimillion dollar campaign to improve health care for every American. The ads will run on Facebook for the duration of […]
