How the Biden Administration Exploited the Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal to Import Countless Unvetted Afghans into the U.S.

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TOP LINES The U.S. offers lawful permanent resident status to Afghan allies who meaningfully contributed to the war effort. The screening and vetting process is extensive as many applicants have derogatory information in their background, past affiliation or association with the Taliban or other malicious actors, and unreliable identity documents.…

STATEMENT: PASSAGE OF BIG GOVERNMENT SOCIALIST BILL

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congress passed the grossly misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act.” The passage of this Big Government Socialism Bill comes after the House rejected the opportunity to amend the bill to prohibit the IRS from hiring 87,000 new agents that would target and harass low and middle-income Americans. The…

Letter from AFPI Chair Linda McMahon to House Leadership regarding Concerns with the Inflation Reduction Act

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The Big Government Spending Package Shrinks American Wages and Attacks Small Businesses

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Liberals in the Senate, spearheaded by Senators Schumer and Manchin, have passed a massive spending and tax hike bill deceptively titled the “Inflation Reduction Act.” While the premise of this legislation is to reduce inflation, the bill’s substance indicates that the effect is likely to be the opposite. In fact,…

Supreme Court’s “Remain in Mexico” Decision is Not the Win Open Borders Crowd Think it is

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The string of conservative victories at the Supreme Court was snapped by the final decision released to close out the current session. In Biden v. Texas, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the three liberal justices to rule 5-4 in favor of allowing the Biden Administration to…

The Number Keeps Growing

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) welcomed a flood of new economists to sign on to its letter to Congress opposing the grossly misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” Originally featuring 231 economists, the letter now touts 369 experts who all agree that the Left’s reconciliation bill…

STATEMENT: Mike Faulkender on the July PPI Release

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from Mike Faulkender, Visiting Fellow at AFPI, regarding the July Producer Price Index Release: “Businesses continue to be hit with near-record price increases. Inflation remains much too high and isn’t going away. Producer prices are up…

From Scalding to Sizzling: Inflation Remains Too Hot to Handle

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Key Takeaways: After crossing the 9% threshold in June, consumer price inflation moderated slightly to a still near-historic high of 8.5% year-over-year in July.Food prices have risen 10.9% in the last 12 months—the fastest pace since May 1979. This was offset by falling energy prices, the primary reason for the…

Statement on Reconciliation Bill

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Washington, D.C. – Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement on the 'Inflation Reduction Act of 2022' from Pastor Paula White, Chair of the Center for American Values at AFPI: “This weekend, the Senate passed another Big Government Socialism Bill, or the misnamed ‘Inflation Reduction Act…

America First Policy Institute and America First Works Highlight Disastrous Effect New IRS Enforcement will have on Low-Income Minority Families

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America First Policy Institute (AFPI) and America First Works (AFW), the advocacy arm of AFPI, are releasing a new video highlighting President Biden’s disastrous so-called Inflation Reduction Act and its effect on low and middle-income families throughout America. The bill would weaponize the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in unprecedented ways,…