Americans for Prosperity Press Release
AFP on Inclusion of Drug Price Controls and Wasteful Health Subsidies in Partisan Spending Bill
Aug 4, 2022

Neither of these measures will reduce inflation – in fact, the added subsidies will do the opposite by incentivizing insurers to continue raising rates.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence joins AFP in highlighting how the high cost of gas is harming Hoosiers
Aug 3, 2022

While the White House is touting a few weeks of gas price declines, Americans know the cost of gas over time has increased dramatically. In fact, the average cost of gas in 2022 has not been below $4 a gallon since February. Americans for Prosperity’s True Cost of Washington tour continues to travel across the […]

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AFP Key Vote Alert: Vote NO on Democrats’ Reckless Tax and Spending Spree
Aug 3, 2022

Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I write urging you to strongly and unequivocally oppose the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” This vote will be recorded in AFP’s 2022 legislative scorecard.  This tax-and-spend wish list is reckless, partisan, and will do absolutely nothing to help with inflation. […]

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What on earth does Harry Potter have to do with campus free speech?
What on earth does Harry Potter have to do with campus free speech?
Aug 3, 2022

It may still feel like summer, but some states have already started the new school year, and I’m in the middle of college tours and trying to cope with the reality that my oldest child will soon be choosing where to go. So free speech on campus is at the top of my mind at […]

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How the Inflation Reduction Act would raise taxes while failing to reduce inflation
Aug 1, 2022

Updated September 2, 2022 On August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the latest iteration of Washington’s tax-and-spend proposal called the Inflation Reduction Act. But don’t let the title fool you: the proposal would do anything but reduce inflation. Here are three major things it doesn’t do: ❌Reduce inflation ❌Bring down gas prices […]

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Everyday Americans have been telling AFP staff how inflation is affecting their families. They've been doing this at True Cost of Washington food and gas rollback events where AFP staff, like these activists from Louisiana, have been dropping high prices caused by increasing inflation.
Everyday Americans share how historic inflation is affecting their families
Jul 29, 2022

Inflation is about more than economics. It’s about the lives of everyday Americans who are struggling with massive price increases at the pump and the grocery store while their incomes remain stagnant. Americans for Prosperity launched the True Cost of Washington Tour to talk to everyday Americans about how inflation is personally affecting them. Across […]

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AFP Key Vote Alert: “NO” on CHIPS Act
Jul 28, 2022

Dear Members of Congress, On behalf of millions of Americans for Prosperity activists and supporters across the country, I urge you to vote “NO” on the CHIPS Act.  This vote will be recorded in AFP’s 2022 legislative scorecard. The CHIPS Act purports to bolster the domestic semiconductor industry and fight perceived Chinese industrial dominance by spending $76 billion […]

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Americans for Prosperity Press Release
Random Grab Bag of Corporate Welfare and Tax Hikes Does Nothing to Address Inflation
Jul 28, 2022

Arlington, VA – In response to this morning’s GDP data indicating -0.9% growth in Q2, which confirms two consecutive quarters of negative growth, and reports of a pending reconciliation deal between Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin, AFP Vice President of Government Affairs Akash Chougule issued the following statement: “When Americans feel like they […]

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AFP Foundation joins coalition alongside Philanthropy Roundtable’s “True Diversity Statement of Principles”
Jul 27, 2022

Arlington, VA — Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) President Emily Seidel joins fellow community-focused groups in signing onto Philanthropy Roundtable’s True Diversity Statement of Principles. True Diversity is Philanthropy Roundtable’s initiative to encourage diversity in the philanthropic sector that is grounded in two of America’s core values — liberty and individualism: “There is a yearning […]

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