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Americans for Prosperity Policy Analyst Martin Rodriguez | Morning Consult According to a 2016 Reuters/Ipsos Election Day poll, a majority of Americans believe the economy is “rigged” to benefit wealthy insiders. … The latest example of how the well-connected are able to work out sweetheart deals at the expense of everyone else is legislation that […]
Grassroots Activists Urge Senators to Vote “NO” TOMORROW Measure Would Scrap Short-Term, Limited Duration Health Insurance Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the nation’s largest free-market grassroots advocacy group, today announced it will score tomorrow’s vote on S.J. Res 63, on its congressional scorecard and is urging Senators to vote “No.” The measure […]
Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce issued a joint statement following the Senate confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court. AFP Vice President of Judicial Strategy Sarah Field and Freedom Partners Executive Vice President Nathan Nascimento issued the following statement: “We commend the Senate Judiciary Committee […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today sharply criticized 49 U.S. senators for announcing their support for legislation to strip millions of Americans from quality, affordable health care plans. The senators’ announcement comes on the same day that the Trump administration’s expansion of short-term, limited duration (STLD) health care plans goes into effect. The newly-expanded STLD plans […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Today, the Senate approved Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) reauthorization legislation that includes twice the amount of funding for an unrelated corporate welfare agency that takes American tax dollars and uses them to subsidize development projects in other countries. The foreign infrastructure spending measure woven in today’s must-pass legislation funds an agency known […]
Chairman and Editor-In-Chief of Forbes Media Steve Forbes and Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips | Investors Business Daily China doesn’t buy enough American cars. Canada doesn’t buy enough American dairy. Britain doesn’t buy enough American airplanes. You’ve been hearing this argument for years. But the passage of time hasn’t made it any more […]
Arlington, VA – Freedom Partners, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), and The LIBRE Initiative today commented on the newly announced United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Freedom Partners Executive Vice President Nathan Nascimento, AFP President Tim Phillips, and The LIBRE Initiative President Daniel Garza issued the following joint statement: “Times have […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity led a coalition of organizations today representing all 50 states, urging Farm Bill conferees to pass a one-year, clean extension of the current Farm Bill. The letter calls the 2018 Farm Bill a “huge missed opportunity,” and asks lawmakers to go back to the drawing board to implement reforms […]
Urges Senate to Swiftly Consider Legislation Arlington, VA – Following today’s House passage of legislation to make permanent the historic tax reform for individuals and small businesses in last year’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips issued the following statement: “Today’s House vote to make permanent the tax cuts that […]
