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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 […]
The rights of American workers are under attack because of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R.842). The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) completed a markup of the Pro Act, Paycheck Fairness Act and Healthy Families Act in June. (A markup is when lawmakers in the U.S. Congress or […]
ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity applauds the Government Surveillance Reform Act, introduced today by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). The bill would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act with significant reforms to protect American civil liberties. Watch AFP Senior Policy Analyst […]
In an op-ed published at Real Clear Health, Lauren Stewart, senior legislative affairs liaison for Americans for Prosperity and Concerned Veterans for America, revealed the many health care options that Americans are missing out on due to misguided government policies. With open enrollment for 2024 health insurance coverage underway, Stewart explained that, for many Americans, […]
On average, it takes a decade and hundreds of millions of dollars to get a new drug or medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
ARLINGTON, VA – Americans for Prosperity has added nationally prominent columnist, author, and speaker Mary Katharine Ham to its Advisory Council. Current Advisory Council members include former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins, Fox News radio host and political editor of Townhall.com Guy Benson, syndicated radio host and former editor-in-chief of RedState.com Erick Erickson, former Congressman Jeb Hensarling, former […]
ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity commends Speaker Mike Johnson for restoring fiscal responsibility to emergency budgeting with his plan to offset aid to Israel with cuts elsewhere in the budget. AFP’s Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner made the following statement: “Inflation caused by reckless government spending is one of the top concerns we hear about […]
