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Since the 1970s, federal bureaucrats have created some 500,000 regulations — an average of 1,000 new restrictions each year. For the most part, the 50 years of new red tape has discouraged innovation and entrepreneurship, harmed the economy, and destroyed opportunity. That’s why Executive Order 13771, issued in January 2017 was a game-changer. And the administration’s recently published Unified […]
It’s been almost 90 years since the New Deal era began. Yet, despite our constitutional guarantee of checks and balances, expansion of the largely unaccountable administrative state continues. This raises the question: How and why has that been allowed to occur? One factor is that over the years, Congress has delegated legislative power to the executive branch—allowing the Executive […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today announced a six-figure direct mail, digital, and newspaper advertising effort to hold accountable 15 members of Congress who recently voted in favor of extending the controversial Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im). AFP has consistently opposed the reauthorization of Ex-Im, citing the bank’s history of corruption and fiscal mismanagement that rigs […]
Arlington, VA – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a hearing Wednesday examining legislative proposals to protect consumer privacy. The committee will assess how legislative proposals intend to provide consumers with more security, transparency, choice, and control over personal information both online and offline. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is supportive of federal digital privacy […]
Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity applauds Senator John Cornyn and bipartisan co-sponsor(s) including Sen(s) Blumenthal, Coons, Crapo, Durbin, Grassley, Leahy, Lee, Portman, Tillis, and Whitehouse for introducing the RE-ENTER (Recognizing Education, Employment, New skills, and Treatment to Enable Registration) Act. The legislation that seeks to improve communities by allowing formerly incarcerated individuals to file […]
A growing chorus of voices in Congress have called for increased government control of the internet to punish alleged online bias. Many, including Sen. Josh Hawley from the right and Sen. Elizabeth Warren from the left, have attempted to enact top-down legislative action to address the issue. For example, Sen. Hawley’s recently introduced Support for Internet Censorship […]
Americans for Prosperity Trade Policy Fellow Dan Pearson | The Hill The World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body is about to expire, driven to oblivion by a U.S. decision to block the appointment of new judges. In December, terms of two of the three remaining members of the seven-member tribunal will end, causing the Appellate […]
Year after year, Washington brings America to the brink of a government shutdown. These high-pressure situations are consistently used as political leverage by both sides to advance bad policy. Crisis scenarios caused by Washington’s broken budget process place unnecessary pressure on Congress to let wasteful spending and corporate welfare creep into must-pass legislation, giving lawmakers a license […]
New AFP report calls for automatic continuing resolutions to end the threat of government shutdowns. Arlington, VA— As Congress moves ahead with another continuing resolution (CR), Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released a new report today outlining an alternative to stop-gap funding bills and budgeting by crisis. Year after year, Washington brings America to the brink of […]
