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Empower Every Learner

Working across thirty-six states where Americans for Prosperity has a year-round permanent grassroots infrastructure, we get to realize legislative successes...

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Wanted: A Comprehensive Border Security Policy

Americans for Prosperity Foundation has embarked on a first-of-its-kind project: to bring activists from each of our state chapters to...

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Reigniting the American Dream

America was built on the idea that anything is possible with hard work and a dream. But it doesn’t feel...

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Lower Energy Costs Now!

Bill numbers, whether they be state or federal, often signal the importance of legislation to leaders of the chamber from...

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Lawmakers Seek to Cancel Free Speech Rights of Conservatives at University of Pittsburgh

The First Amendment to the Constitution reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the...

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Protecting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Present in everything we do in our daily lives, abundant, affordable, and reliable energy is the key driver of our...

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An Open Letter to the 118th Congress

We’ve now turned the year, sworn in the 2023-2024 General Assembly in Harrisburg and inaugurated the 118th Congress.  Opportunity abounds...

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A Plan for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

As we prepare to gather with family this holiday season, many traditions will be renewed for another year and in...

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