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Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today urged the U.S. Senate to reject transportation funding proposals that include raising the gasoline tax, which would disproportionately impact the people who can least afford it. Instead, AFP argues that Congress should address infrastructure needs by reducing wasteful spending and prioritizing infrastructure dollars where they’re needed most. AFP […]
United States of Care Executive Director Emily Barson and Americans for Prosperity Vice President, Economic Opportunity Russ Latino | USA Today More than 100,000 doctors. Sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? That’s the shortage of doctors the U.S. health care system could face in a little more than a decade. As our population […]
President Donald Trump will release his budget proposal today. But the reforms he’s likely to call for are unlikely to get a hearing in Congress. These annual budget proposals have become largely ceremonial in a broken budget process. Washington has a spending problem that it hasn’t been able to kick for decades. But the reality […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) issued the following statement on the harmful impact of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) after the House of Representatives passed the bill Thursday evening. The PRO Act (H.R.2474) would make numerous changes to current federal labor laws that would undermine the rights and interests of […]
Picture this: You’re a governor. It’s September 2019 and President Donald Trump has recently announced that you and other governors are now required to provide consent and opt-in to whether your states will continue accepting refugees through the national Refugee Resettlement Program, rather the previous practice of requiring governors to opt-out if they no longer wished to participate. The president says you have a few […]
The president took stock of American progress in his State of the Union address last night. While the growing American economy was rightly celebrated, there was something notably missing: the nation’s massive debt and deficit. Here’s our take on the great successes, areas needing improvement and America’s next big policy test: Success: The economy is growing Lower taxes combined […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) commended the White House Council on Environmental Quality for proposing a new rule amending the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to modernize and clarify the regulations and facilitate more efficient, effective, and timely NEPA reviews by Federal agencies. Enacted in 1970, the National Environmental Policy Act requires federal […]
Federal spending is out of control. Year after year, Congress fails to pass the required appropriations bills before the Sept. 30 deadline. After relying on continuing resolutions to keep the lights on, Congress finally passes massive omnibus spending bills chock full of new spending and bad policy. What’s more, Congress only budgets for a third of total […]
