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ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling Wednesday that the Constitution’s prohibition on excessive fines applies to state and local governments, potentially limiting their ability to impose overly harsh fines and seize property from individuals who haven’t been charged with a crime. Americans for Prosperity Policy Manager […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity today urged the Trump administration to drop a planned tariff of up to 25 percent on imported vehicles, in light of news reports of a new Department of Commerce report on the subject. AFP President Tim Phillips issued the following statement: “Increasing the cost of foreign cars doesn’t make American […]
Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips | Morning Consult Now that the 116th Congress has convened, we have a new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee: U.S. Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.). … As chairman of the committee with trade oversight, Neal has the opportunity to help remove those burdens and increase opportunities that […]
A recent tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that Medicare for All, a single-payer health care program, enjoys popular support — until, that is, respondents look under the hood and learn what the program would really entail. According to the poll, 56 percent of Americans support Medicare for All. But, when informed that it would eliminate private […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity announced support for Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Rep. Ron Kind’s (D-Wisc.) bipartisan Trade Security Act introduced in both chambers of Congress Wednesday. This legislation is a welcome move to update the procedure for levying Section 232 tariffs for national security reasons and to allow more tariff actions to undergo the scrutiny of a Congressional disapproval vote. Americans for […]
Arlington, VA – Following President Trump’s remarks in tonight’s State of the Union address urging Congress to pass the “Reciprocal Trade Act” (H.R. 764), AFP Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement calling on lawmakers to oppose the legislation that would grant the executive branch even greater power to unilaterally impose tariffs: “Tariffs are taxes, […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity is calling on President Trump and Congress to build on the success of bipartisan criminal justice reform to accomplish policy reforms in 2019 that will positively transform lives and communities across the country. In a statement released this afternoon ahead of the State of the Union address, AFP President Tim […]
Group says vote “NO” on passage of H.R.1, which protects the political class at the expense of everyday Americans. ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity issued a Key Vote Alert on Monday, urging members of Congress to vote “NO” on passage of H.R. 1, which protects incumbent politicians, politically weaponizes the FEC, creates restrictions on political […]
No matter who wins the Big Game this coming weekend, American taxpayers have already lost. That’s because it doesn’t matter the sport – baseball, basketball, hockey or football – when teams consider setting up shop in a town, taxpayers are all too often forced to shell out hundreds of millions in direct subsidies and tax […]
