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Arlington, VA – In response to the Trump administration’s announcementtoday that they will move ahead with a 25 percent tax hike on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods imported to the United States, while threatening to impose additional taxes if China retaliates, Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “If there was anything […]
Twenty-one Republican members of Congress recently penned a letter asking President Donald Trump to rescind executive orders designed to increase accountability in the federal workforce. The letter claimed President Trump’s measures threaten federal labor statutes that “protect American’s civil service from discrimination, unfair treatment and sexual harassment.” This could not be further from the truth. Under the executive orders, […]
Arlington, VA – The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a $23.4 billion Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill for FY19. The bill included the same appropriations level as the previous FY18 bill, meaning spending levels have frozen. Americans for Prosperity Senior Policy Fellow Alison Acosta Winters issued the following statement: “It is refreshing to finally see […]
Grassroots Group Continues Effort Against Whitmer with New Seven-figure Television Campaign Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity today announced its launch of a nearly $1.7 million television campaign airing in Michigan that will highlight Gretchen Whitmer’s harmful record of raising taxes and supporting Governor Granholm’s failed economic agenda. On the heels of a six-figure digital and direct mail campaign […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity Friday led a coalition of organizations urging Congress to pass a one-year, clean extension of the 2018 Farm Bill and use that time to draft a new package that includes meaningful reforms to both farm and nutrition programs. In a letter sent to members of Congress on Friday, the […]
The Big W: No tax increases for Louisiana! What it is: This week, a second Louisiana special legislative session has ended with no tax increases. The governor is trying to fill gaps in the budget by increasing taxes, but legislators and citizens are having none of it. Why it’s important: Louisianans will be paying a […]
Arlington, VA – In a letter to President Trump released today and in advance of the upcoming G-7 meeting, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, Americans for Prosperity and The LIBRE Initiative urged the president to use the meeting “as an opportunity to advance a trade agenda that builds upon your previous tax and regulatory reforms […]
Arlington, VA – Following news reports Tuesday that President Trump instructed U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry to prevent closures of nuclear and coal power facilities through the use of subsidies and mandates, Americans for Prosperity sharply criticized the proposal calling the action an unprecedented government intervention in electricity markets. AFP urged the administration to work with federal […]
Legislation would protect the constitutional right states have to govern their own approaches to marijuana policy Arlington, VA – Today, Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Partners wrote to leaders from the House and Senate Judiciary Committees urging them to support new bipartisan legislation known as the STATES Act. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of […]
