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Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s executive order regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). “President Biden’s executive order on AI is the latest example of his administration’s hostility toward emerging technology,” said James Czerniawski,senior policy analyst in technology and innovation at Americans for Prosperity. “In calling for such […]
Today marks the one-year anniversary since Elon Musk closed a $44 billion deal to purchase X (formerly known as Twitter). The company has undergone numerous changes since then. As we reflect, it’s worth highlighting three major developments that strengthen free speech and protected against online censorship: Releasing the Twitter files Elevating community notes Suing California […]
ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity’s Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner made the following statement today regarding the Senate’s failure to pass the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act. The amendment fell largely on Party lines, receiving a bipartisan majority vote (56-42) but failing to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to pass. “The Senate chose dysfunction by not passing the […]
ARLINGTON, VA – As we wait to see if a tentative agreement between the UAW and Ford advances and leads to deals ending the strikes at GM and Stellantis facilities, Americans for Prosperity’s Employment Policy Fellow Austen Bannan made the following statement: “The aggressive union demands and strikes have already caused UAW auto workers, and all American […]
The challenging part about defending free speech is that it means defending speech you hate. There has been a lot of that for me the last couple of weeks. Hamas terrorists killed Israeli civilians on October 7 and took hostage many more, including young children. While many individuals and organizations released statements and protested against […]
ARLINGTON, VA—Today, Americans for Prosperity launched a major campaign urging Congress to pass the bipartisan, bicameral Prevent Government Shutdowns Act ahead of its vote on the Senate floor this week. The six-figure effort will feature digital ads in a number of key states and districts and a landing page at PreventGovernmentShutdowns.com to encourage voters to write their […]
ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity’s Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner made the following statement today in response to the election of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the next Speaker of the House: “Now that the 118th Congress again has a Speaker of the House, Members urgently need to get back to work on the important issues […]
Dear Senators, On behalf of millions of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to support S.Amdt.1232 to S.Amdt.1092, the bipartisan, bicameral Prevent Government Shutdowns Act, by Senator James Lankford. This amendment would restore the federal government’s pre-Carter Administration practice of automatically continuing appropriations (“auto CRs”) until new appropriations bills are […]
If the government shuts down, it can’t spend appropriated money, and many activities stop. At surface level this may seem like a great way to block big government. However, shutdown politics actually cost the American people far more in the long run. Here’s how Washington’s crisis-to-crisis governing hurts us all and the measures we need […]
