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Dear Representatives, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to support the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act. Americans for Prosperity strives to create an economy that works for all – empowering people to earn success and realize their potential. Federal and state tax codes should be […]
For too long, the conventional wisdom in Washington, D.C., has been that divided government is a free pass for partisan gridlock. We reject that. The fact is, if Americans wake up two years from now with our country on the same path — and lawmakers have nothing to show for their promises but empty political […]
Happy New Year! New year, same newsletter — still as dedicated to protecting the First Amendment and fostering a culture of free speech as last year. Just maybe with a bit more soreness as my New Year’s resolution has me heading back to the gym for the first time in… well, I’m not sure! I […]
‘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 […]
