ICYMI: Our government is broken — we have a plan to fix it

Oct 7, 2025 by AFP

WASHINGTON D.C. — With the federal government still in shutdown, a recent op-ed in The Hill by AFP senior government affairs liaison Will Burger underscores the consequences of Congress’s broken budget process — and the urgent need for reform.

From the piece:

The current government shutdown is the just latest reminder of what Americans already know: the federal government is dysfunctional.

Nowhere is this more evident than in Congress, where a broken budget process and a steady erosion of legislative authority have made responsible governance increasingly difficult.

Every year, Washington lurches from one budget crisis to another, repeatedly dragging our nation to the brink of shutdown, the threat of which is used as political leverage. Meanwhile, unelected agency bureaucrats continue to issue rules and regulations without public input, placing unnecessary burdens on American businesses and weakening the economy.

These are not mere procedural glitches — they undermine the foundation of an accountable representative government.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Fortunately, serious solutions are working their way through Congress. These commonsense measures aim to restore accountability, efficiency and transparency by returning power where the Constitution placed it: in the hands of the American people through their elected representatives. …

Click here to read more in the op-ed about how solutions like the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act, the Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act, REINS Act, and others can help address these problems and make government work for the people again.

Learn more at MakeGovernmentWork.com, a project of Americans for Prosperity for a more accountable, efficient, and transparent government.

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