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Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity issued a key vote alert on Friday, urging members of Congress to vote NO on the passage of the Export Finance Agency Act of 2019. This bill would reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, re-opening the door to cronyism and corruption, and forcing taxpayers to subsidize some of the most successful […]
Arlington, VA – AFP today announced its support for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) petition to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a decision of a three-judge panel of that court in Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC. in the Internet era, when traditional media companies face significant business hurdles, the government shouldn’t be imposing antiquated limits on media […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) renewed its call for U.S. leadership to introduce proposed reforms of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body before it ceases to function next month and as WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo is in Washington today to meet with leading trade officials in the administration and on Capitol Hill. […]
According a Treasury Department report published last week, taxes paid by businesses increased 12%, to $230 billion this year. Overall, federal revenue increased by 3.8% from last year. Meanwhile, the deficit ballooned by 26.4%, from $779 billion to $984 billion. We’re right on the edge of digging ourselves into even greater debt at a rate of $1 trillion per year. So, what happened? If we took […]
Do unelected government bureaucrats have the power to override a federal court ruling? The answer should be “no.” But the Baldwin family found out the hard way that, in some cases, the answer is “yes.” Americans for Prosperity and Cause of Action Institute have filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging them to hear the case. The […]
The Michigan state legislature late Wednesday overturned restrictions imposed by regulators on access to cancer immunotherapy already approved by the FDA and covered by Medicare – a vote welcomed by Americans for Prosperity. The move reverses a decision last month by the state’s Certificate of Need Commission (CON) to require providers of immune effector cell […]
For a society to be democratic, citizens must have the power to hold their governments accountable for its actions. People joining with each other in organizations is one way of doing that. But current IRS policy could put that power in jeopardy. Americans for Prosperity has submitted a public comment, calling for reform. To comply with the […]
A group of health insurance companies believes Congress owes them hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars — and won’t take “no” for an answer. Under President Barack Obama, some insurance companies decided to offer plans on Affordable Care Act exchanges despite facing extreme risk. To no one’s surprise, the insurance companies eventually incurred losses under this bad program. They did all this with […]
Arlington, Va. — Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) announced the organization’s endorsements of two highly qualified candidates nominated by President Trump to fill judicial vacancies in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. AFP is proud to endorse Patrick Bumatay from California and Lawrence VanDyke from Nevada and will be urging grassroots activists across […]
