Release Reserves? No, permitting reform is the key to bring gas prices down
Jun 11, 2024

In May, President Biden announced the release of million barrels from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve to decrease gas prices ahead of the 4th of July. This decision is not only unstrategic but unnecessary. America already has the resources and technology needed to get supply up and gas prices down. We do not need to risk our […]

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Bidenomics: the endless reserve of bad economic thinking
Jun 11, 2024

President Biden is selling the future prosperity of America for his political present. On May 22, Biden announced the release of a million barrels from our Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve just in time for the 4th of July. A transparent political ploy from the President to get gas prices down and get a small bump for his abysmal […]

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AFP Puts Biden Allies on Notice: You Can’t Hide From the Failures of Bidenomics
Jun 6, 2024

Lawmakers Can Scrap the Bidenomics Slogan, But They Can’t Hide From Their Voting Record Washington, DC – As ‘Bidenomics’ continues to fall flat with the public, Americans for Prosperity has launched a new round of ads telling President Biden and his allies in Congress that they can run from the ‘Bidenomics’ slogan, but they can’t […]

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Medicaid’s “340B” drug program is exploding — and driving up insurance costs
Jun 6, 2024

This month, the House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation into an obscure federal drug subsidy program known as “Medicaid 340B.” That’s good news for patients and taxpayers because 340B is out of control — and driving up health care costs for American families. Created in 1992 to help low-income and uninsured patients obtain […]

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Memorial Day reflections: What we owe to those who “gave their lives that that nation might live”
May 30, 2024

There’s a lot to love about America. Even if the list was only college football and barbecue – that’s a pretty solid list. But fortunately, it’s longer than that. We’re also stewards of an experiment in constitutional self-governance for which many of our fellow Americans have sacrificed everything. I recently volunteered to chaperone my child’s […]

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The Congressional Budget Office provides great support to Congress, but it can get even better. Here are five ways CBO can better support fiscal responsibility.
Meet the Bidenomics Five: The senators voting for more inflation
May 28, 2024

Bidenomics might bear President Biden’s name, but he’s not the only Washington politician responsible for his administration’s disastrous economic policies. The president cannot act on a whim; the Constitution —thankfully— forbids it To pass his $5.5 trillion (about $17,000 per person in the US) in new spending, Biden needed Congressional support, and, unfortunately for Americans, […]

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Excessive government spending is making inflation worse. Here’s how to bring it down
May 22, 2024

If you are frustrated by how expensive life is, you have every reason to be so. Life is more expensive than it was four years ago, and Washington is to blame.   Since the start of 2021, Washington has spent at least $5.5 Trillion extra – on top of “normal” federal spending – putting more money […]

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Key Vote Alert: Vote YES on H.R. 4763 and Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act and H.R. 5403 CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act
May 21, 2024

Dear Representative, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s largest grassroots organization, we urge you to support H.R. 4763, Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, sponsored by Representative Glenn Thompson and H.R. 5403, CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, sponsored by Representative Tom Emmer. The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century […]

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Americans for Prosperity Press Release
Reserves Are For Emergencies, Not Falling Poll Numbers
May 21, 2024

Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity’s Vice President of Government Affairs Akash Chougule made the following statement after The Associated Press reported today that the Biden Administration will release 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer: “The Biden Administration is once again […]

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