Recent News
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a Democratic bill that would massively expand Obamacare. They claim it’s vital to making health care more affordable. But the opposite is true.
Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed a comment on the EPA’s and Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to update regulations defining “waters of the United States”—which set forth the agencies’ understanding of their jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Housing affordability continues to be a top issue nationwide, and AFP looks forward to advancing free market solutions across the country to the housing crisis in 2026.
Embracing permitting reform is essential if the U.S. wants to remain an energy leader and meet the needs of a rapidly changing world.
In 2025, Americans for Prosperity helped deliver transformational reforms that lowered costs, expanded opportunity, and limited government overreach for everyday people across the nation.
When the Supreme Court decided Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, overturning Chevron deference, it clarified the principle that federal agencies cannot extend their authority beyond what has been clearly authorized by Congress. In declaring that “statutes . . . have a single, best meaning,” the Court made clear that agencies must follow the law as written and not their policy preferences.
The resources and the technologies exist. What is needed now is a policy shift that reduces unnecessary red tape and addresses the role of true monopolies, particularly utilities, that can offload investment risk onto captive customers while profiting if the investment succeeds. America’s ability to build, innovate, and compete depends on confronting these structural barriers.
Last week, the Washington Examiner published an opinion piece by AFP’s senior health policy fellow Dean Clancy explaining how Trump’s new health care plan has put Democrats on the spot, forcing them to choose between Big Insurance and the patients they claim to care about.
Senator Jon Husted and Representative Nathaniel Moran introduced a well-crafted proposal for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. A successful BBA would help Congress control the debt to reduce inflation and interest rate pressures and to expand prosperity, and it would push Congress to fix its outdated and ineffective budget practices.
