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‘Tis the season: The one where everyone seems to want to give you advice on how to win arguments while spending the holidays with family members with different political views. Yes, Americans feel more polarized right now than any other time in recent history. But the truth is that Americans are less divided than we […]
The 2023 Washington state legislative session could be fertile ground for common-sense occupational licensing reform. During a recent 2023 state legislative forecast panel at the National Conference of State Legislatures Forecast ’23 Conference, Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins signaled she wants to look at the state’s licensing requirements in 2023 to see if the […]
December 16, 2022, Washington, DC – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) issued the following statement praising Attorney General Merrick Garland’s move to encourage federal prosecutors to eliminate ineffective and harmful sentencing disparities in cases involving two forms of the same drug – crack and powder cocaine – that are chemically identical. As Americans for Prosperity has […]
Spiraling government spending must end. American energy independence must be unleashed. Burdensome regulations must go. These are the issues Florida’s Senator Rick Scott is focused on for 2023 in order to get America back on the path to prosperity. To explain why all three of these issues should be top of mind for every American, […]
On December 13, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) sister organization, submitted a public comment opposing a new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) independent contractor rule that threatens jeopardizes the independent status, and even careers, of tens of millions of Americans. Prior to its introduction, AFP discouraged the Biden administration from advancing a […]
TOPEKA, Kan. – Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas (AFPF) filed a Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) complaint today against the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) after the agency failed to provide documents requested by AFPF over a year ago regarding a Commerce-run corporate welfare scheme called the Sales Tax and Revenue (“STAR”) Bond program. The 2021 KORA […]
As a freshman legislator, Representative Kat Cammack of Florida has learned a lot. She’s seen big government reign and government spending spiral out of control. However, she’s also gained insight into how America can get back on track by putting power back in the hands of the people. Americans for Prosperity’s vice president for legal […]
Dear Senators, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to support S.J. Res. 56, the Yemen War Powers Resolution. This vote will be recorded in AFP’s 2022 legislative scorecard. US support for the war in Yemen is disconnected from core American security interests, flouts Congress’ intended role in […]
Senators Thom Tillis and Kyrsten Sinema are working toward a plan that restores control over our border in exchange for a solution for Dreamers. With border crossings approaching their highest levels in over two decades and the unconstitutional Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program likely to get struck down, Senators Tillis and Sinema are taking […]
