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Americans for Prosperity Foundation recently filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Consumers’ Research v. Federal Communications Commission, urging the Court to grant Consumers Research’s cert petition and enforce the Constitution’s system of checks and balances. At issue is the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund, a social welfare program that subsidizes […]
Ad part of AFP’s new six-figure push to pass legislation that would enact site neutral payment policies in Medicare. Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity announced the release of a new ad urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to end unfair billing in Medicare by enacting site neutral payment reform. “Why does Medicare pay hospital […]
President Abraham Lincoln in many ways embodied the American dream. He came from humble beginnings yet rose to the highest office in the land. Born at a time when Black Americans were enslaved, he helped lead the charge to bring them into that dream. He was elected leader of a nation that was tearing itself […]
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 […]
