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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 […]
ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity’s Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner made the following statement today: “The House of Representatives has been without a Speaker and unable to do its work for 21 days. It’s unacceptable that lawmakers continue to fail to select a leader when our country’s challenges are so great and the need for […]
Benjamin Glasner at the Economic Innovation Group recently released a report detailing economic flows between different states during the Covid-19 pandemic. Using IRS data from 2020 and 2021, stifling high-tax, high-regulation states such as California and New York saw massive economic outflows to low-tax, low-regulation states such as Florida, Texas, Nevada, and Arizona. Which states […]
Stewart, who leads federal government affairs work on healthcare for AFP and Concerned Veterans for America, discussed how AFP is working to increase support in Congress for the organization’s healthcare initiative, the Personal Option. In an interview with Axios, Lauren Stewart, federal government affairs liaison for Americans for Prosperity and Concerned Veterans for America, shared […]
What is the difference between an HSA, FSA, and HRA? It’s like alphabet soup. These three acronyms are confusing but important. Each is a kind of savings vehicle that holds tax-exempt dollars you can use for your medical expenses. All of them help you stretch your health care dollar. But they differ in important ways. […]
Forget the return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte to Starbucks menus. Fall means the Supreme Court is back! Yes, the 2023-2024 Supreme Court term started on Monday, October 2. There are a lot of big cases on the Court’s docket already. And the Court will continue announcing through January any additional ones it will hear […]
AFP Foundation leads nine organizations in new “Right on Transparency” coalition ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity Foundation announced today that a group of leading right-of-center groups has launched the “Right on Transparency” coalition dedicated to comprehensive government transparency reform with an eye to increasing accountability and creating a more engaged citizenry. The coalition is dedicated to […]
