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Today the House voted to pass a pork-laden $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill. While that’s bad news, one piece of good news is that the bill doesn’t include any money for Obamacare bailouts. Meant to prop up Obamacare and its skyrocketing premiums, these proposals – including reinsurance and cost-sharing reduction payments – are nothing more […]
As Congress considers the upcoming omnibus spending bill to fund our government, it is also considering enacting harmful bailouts to prop up Obamacare. Americans for Prosperity’s army of grassroots activists is working hard to push back against calls for these taxpayer-funded bailouts of private health insurance companies. Proponents of Obamacare bailouts claim that sending billions […]
This week, Congress is set to vote on a trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill that could potentially include several troubling provisions that AFP has consistently opposed. Lawmakers should reject any attempt to include such provisions as an Obamacare bailout for health insurance companies, an online sales tax and any tax “extender” carve-outs that would undermine the […]
Congress is debating right-to-try legislation that would give terminally ill patients and their families hope. Right-to-try gives patients access to potentially life-saving treatments and medications that haven’t received final government approval. Thirty-eight states have right-to-try laws, but a solution is still needed for doctors and patients at the federal level. While the House of Representatives […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s move to bypass an outdated and illogical Senate “blue slip” tradition was a good move. Doing so will help ensure fair and qualified judicial nominees get the confirmation hearings they deserve. The blue slip tradition has been abused by some in the Senate to prevent qualified nominees from getting […]
Last year was a great year for America’s judicial system. Thanks to the hard work and leadership of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, 2017 saw a record number of fair and qualified judges confirmed by the Senate. Ensuring that quality judges who will uphold the Constitution and rule of law get nominated is incredibly important […]
Since tax reform’s enactment, millions of Americans have seen more money in their wallets and experienced benefits including lower utility rates, pay bonuses, wage increases and other savings. Businesses are investing in their communities and in their employees, and the American economy has seen new economic growth. That was the point of tax reform – […]
Late last year, Congress delivered historic tax reform that took bold action toward removing corporate welfare that gives special tax breaks to well-connected businesses and industries at the expense of ordinary Americans. Now, lawmakers must defend tax reform by rejecting the renewal of these corporate handouts known as tax extenders. Tax extenders were a part of the disastrous tax code that existed prior […]
The House of Representatives is considering a federal right-to-try bill to give terminally ill patients access to potentially life-saving experimental treatments. Thirty-eight states currently have right-to-try laws on the books, but there is no federal right-to-try law that extends that access to patients in all states. In previous weeks, Americans for Prosperity’s grassroots activists have kept pressure […]
