Policy Corner
The Americans for Prosperity policy team is a bench of policy experts with decades of experience who deliver expert advice in a timely manner to those on the front lines of advancing public policy change. We achieve this by partnering with state and federal policymakers and coalition partners to translate big ideas into reality-based solutions to advance freedom and opportunity for all.
Upgrade Congress to End Funding Lapses and Improve Fiscal Democracy
Only Congress can adequately represent the vast diversity of this country, and refining its institutions is the way to advance. Upgrades that expand freedom, opportunity, and responsibility for members will make Congress capable of achieving extraordinary things.
Effective Budgeting #7: Managing a Real Budget on the Floor
A real budget belongs on the floor. Committees can bring expertise and first-pass discipline to their parts of the federal budget, but only the full House and Senate can test those choices against the whole: spending, revenue, debt, and the competing priorities of the American people. With clear guardrails and an orderly amendment process, floor consideration can turn a collection of committee products into a budget broad enough to govern.
250 Years of Freedom — Except in Health Care
As we celebrate 250 years of independence, it’s time states let that freedom ring in health care, too. Repealing certificate of need laws is a small but meaningful first step.
State Session Wrap Up: Regulatory Sunset Laws Continue to Face Undeserved Pushback Across the Country Due to Unfounded Myths
Despite past success in passing sunset laws—16 states currently have a limited regulatory sunset requirement and six states have a comprehensive regulatory sunset requirement—the most recent sunset law was passed a decade ago when West Virginia passed a law in 2016. Last year three states made strong efforts to pass such laws, but all fell short.
Don’t Rubber-Stamp the Iran Supplemental
The Iran supplemental is not paid for, too broad, and far too light on detail. It sends the wrong message about U.S. interests and Congressional authority, and it lacks safeguards against further unauthorized hostilities. Unless major changes address these issues, Congress should reject the package.
Executive Summary of AFP’s Updated Roadmap for Regulatory Reform
The full report provides model legislation, success stories, and additional resources to equip reform-minded policymakers.
A Roadmap for Regulatory Reform: Proven Tools, Emerging Trends, and Model Policies to Cut Red Tape and Restore Accountability in State Governments
States can pursue various options to reduce regulatory burdens and provide much-needed accountability and transparency to the regulatory process.
2026 State Session Wrap Up: States Continue Building Upon Loper-Bright, Ending Judicial Deference at the State Level
In 2025, Americans for Prosperity helped four state legislatures pass bills ending judicial deference: Missouri, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Texas. This year, AFP continued building on this successful effort, with four more states ending judicial deference and a two other states coming oh-so close.
2026 State Session Wrap-Up: REINS Advances in the States
2026 saw several states act to protect their citizens and businesses from overregulation and return power to their legislative branches.
Lets Celebrate Energy Independence this Fourth of July
The Fourth of July is a celebration of America’s independence, the conscious decision to remove itself from a distant country that taxed and regulated, without representation. Two hundred fifty years later, Americans are still fighting a lesser version of that same battle, but that adversary is an overly complex regulatory regime that added billions in green energy mandates to household utility bills, and a tax code that picked energy winners and losers regardless of what the market or the consumer actually needed.
