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.
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.
The Iran War’s Implications for U.S. Military Readiness
Operation Epic Fury demonstrated that the U.S. military retains extraordinary operational capabilities relative to its global counterparts. But those successes came at a cost. The U.S. burned through scarce, high-demand munitions faster than they can be replenished, leaving the force less prepared for higher-priority threats in other theaters.
Kurt Couchman Joins Hugh Hewitt
Kurt joins Hugh to discuss the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act and whether or not Congress will pass it.
The Economic Costs of the Conflict with Iran
The war in the Middle East and closure of the Strait of Hormuz costs American families. In a global energy market, disruptions overseas quickly hit home through higher prices at the gas pump, on the electric bill, and at the grocery store.
Effective Budgeting #6: Assembling a Real Budget
As committees finish managing their portfolios, the Budget Committees must validate and compile all submissions into the budget bill. At this point, members of both parties will have substantial buy-in for their committees’ contributions from having pursued and achieved a variety of mutually beneficial policy changes.
Kurt Couchman Joins ‘Wake Up Live with Christopher DeSimone’
Kurt joins the show to discuss the national debt and how reducing it could help the economy.
