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Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Corner Post, Inc. v. The Federal Reserve, urging the Court to allow Corner Post’s challenge to a 2011 debit-fees regulation that Corner Post believes to be beyond the Board’s power. The question presented may seem dry: when does a business’s legal […]
Laws should protect lives and livelihoods, not squelch them. But that’s not what was happening in Iowa in 2017. Waterloo resident William Burt had saved tens of thousands of dollars and written a business plan for a mobile barbershop to serve residents of underserved communities. He wanted to help people who could not get to […]
If you weren’t able to join us at our latest Pints & Policy event, dedicated to addressing the critical issue of housing in our state, we’ve got you covered. It was an evening filled with insightful discussions, forward-thinking ideas, and a shared passion for finding real solutions to the housing shortage that’s affecting our communities. […]
ARLINGTON, VA—Today, Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) State Director Scott Simon published an op-ed in The Advocate defending the record of Speaker Mike Johnson. As a former colleague of Johnson’s in Louisiana’s State Legislature, Simon said that Johnson is the exact kind of principled leader that our country needs. AFP-LA State Director Scott Simon wrote: “[Speaker […]
“If AI is to be regulated, it is the responsibility of Congress to do so through legislation,” said AFP Foundation Investigative Analyst Thomas Kimbrell.
A news round-up on digital speech, social media, and tech The president believed it to be a “dangerous weapon” and signed a law to regulate its use. The “dangerous weapon”? A typewriter. Yes, in 1983, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu signed a law requiring citizens to seek police permission to own a typewriter. Some things never […]
AFP Urges Congress to Pass Interim Spending Bill ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity’s Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner released the following statement today on the continuing resolution proposed by Speaker Mike Johnson: “Speaker Johnson is calling a time out on Washington’s year-end spending bonanza, and we encourage all members to support the interim bill on […]
ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity’s Senior Fellow in Fiscal Policy Kurt Couchman released a new report today setting out a path for Congress to advance a well-crafted amendment to the United States Constitution to require Congress to balance the federal budget. Reckless spending has driven our national debt to almost $34 trillion, and the resulting inflation […]
By Andrew Gilstrap Brent Bennett and Jason Isaac of the Texas Public Policy Foundation have brought to light what many Americans have long suspected: the Biden administration’s energy policy, focused on a swift transition to an all-electric vehicle (EV) fleet, is contributing to rising costs for American consumers. This revelation comes as many Americans are […]
