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Americans for Prosperity Foundation releases summary of engagement for Supreme Court October 2023 term
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity Foundation today released a report of its amicus engagement during the October 2023 Supreme Court term. AFPF Chief Policy Counsel James Valvo said: This term the Supreme Court upheld protections for free expression, ruling the government cannot coerce companies to stop doing business with organizations based on their speech. The…
Read MoreNew Report Reveals How the Department of the Interior Undermines Transparency
AFP Foundation released a report revealing the Interior Department’s disturbing pattern of undermining transparency and accountability.
Read MoreRep. Obernolte Questions Secretary Raimondo on Abuse of the DPA
Sec. Raimondo ignores that the purpose of the DPA is to increase domestic production to combat a shortfall of critical defense articles.
Read MoreCertificate of need laws con rural patients out of health care
A Bad Deal: No to STAR Bonds for Stadium Subsidies
STAR Bonds are a Failed Government Program
Read MoreUtah Teachers Union Sues to Mandate Educational Conformity
Seeking to litigate a difference in opinion, Utah’s largest teachers union, the Utah Education Association, filed a lawsuit, Lebresh v. Cox, asking the court to enjoin the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program, arguing that the Scholarship Program violates the Utah Constitution and injures a variety of individual plaintiffs who simply don’t agree with it. The…
Read MoreAFP 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 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…
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