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AFP Foundation letter to Senate committee: the president’s emergency powers should be for emergencies only
By Thomas Kimbrell and Kevin Schmidt May 23, 2024 | The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) held a hearing yesterday titled “Restoring Congressional Oversight Over Emergency Powers; Exploring Options to Reform the National Emergencies Act.” AFP Foundation sent a letter to the Committee describing the problematic implications of the president’s effectively unlimited executive powers…
Read MoreAFP Foundation sends letter urging House Committee to hold Biden Administration Bureaucrats Accountable for Energy Permitting Reform
By Thomas Kimbrell May 17, 2024 | The House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing yesterday titled “Examining the Council on Environmental Quality Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request and Related Policy Matters.” CEQ Chairwoman Brenda Mallory testified before the full committee. On May 1, CEQ issued a final rulemaking for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing…
Read MoreHave you heard of these cases before the Supreme Court? Here’s why they should matter to you
UPDATE: On 5/30/2024, in a win for the First Amendment, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in NRA v. Vullo that government officials cannot pressure or otherwise coerce organizations to terminate certain business relationships when doing so infringes the First Amendment rights of the third party. This Supreme Court term has been full of high-profile cases.…
Read MoreAFP Foundation files comment opposing Biden Administration’s unconstitutional actions on student loans
By Michael Pepson May 13, 2024 | Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed a comment opposing the Department of Education’s proposal to use a provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that authorizes it to “compromise” on or “waive” student debt on case-by-case basis for a limited subset loans to mass cancel broad swaths…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Opens Investigation into Biden Administration’s Onerous Energy Permitting Regulations
May 10, 2024 | Today Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) filed FOIA requests seeking records on the Council of Environmental Quality’s recent overreaching revisions to energy permitting regulations. Last May, Congress passed amendments to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act. The amendments were meant to streamline the…
Read MoreCongress, not bureaucrats, should make federal criminal law
By Michael Pepson Would it surprise you to know that Congress has granted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unfettered power to write its own criminal code governing one-tenth of the land in the United States? A Nevada federal court ruled that Congress unconstitutionally transferred its legislative power to write crimes to the BLM. Last…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Unveils New Report Analyzing Civil Asset Forfeiture Data in Kansas
TOPEKA, KS – Today Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) released an updated report analyzing civil asset forfeiture data in Kansas. The report follows a U.S. District Court’s judge’s recent opinion accusing the Kansas Highway Patrol of “waging war” on motorists. The court ruled unconstitutional the “Kansas Two Step,” a technique the Kansas Highway Patrol had…
Read MoreAFP Foundation-Mississippi Releases New Report Finding Certificate of Need Laws Leave Patients, Veterans, and Rural Communities Underserved
New AFPF-MS report highlights how CoN laws protect health care monopolies JACKSON, MS—Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Mississippi (AFPF-MS) released a new report highlighting the state’s costly Certificate of Need (CoN) laws that act as an unnecessary barrier for health care providers to treat patients across the Magnolia State. The report is the latest in AFPF’s “Permission to Care“ series analyzing CoN’s…
Read MoreFreelancing or free speech? California’s AB5 gets speaking professionals coming and going
Threats to free speech can be veiled as restrictions on economic activity. California’s AB5 is the latest example. Many people who don’t prefer traditional office environments have benefited from independent contracting. From freelance photographers to truckers to massage therapists, workers can find freedom in setting their own hours and being their own boss. California took…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Submits Letter for the Record on Defense Production Act Reauthorization
On Tuesday, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled “Mission Critical: Restoring National Security as the Focus of the Defense Production Act Reauthorization.” The hearing was the House’s first on the Defense Production Act (DPA) in over a decade. The DPA will lapse in 2025 unless reauthorized. Committee Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer entered a…
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