he America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has issued the following statement from Leigh Ann O’Neill, Chief Legal Affairs Officer, in response to further progressive environmental lawfare, this time brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, and aimed at restricting the Administration’s new federal lands grazing directive.
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) welcomes the historic ruling in Jensen v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which is now in effect after the Department of Justice declined to appeal. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas held that key provisions of the National Firearms Act (NFA) can no longer be enforced after Congress eliminated the transfer tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns. For the first time in 92 years, law-abiding Americans can now purchase suppressors without having to go through the NFA transfer process.
The cost of medical care for seniors has risen sharply in recent years, driven in part by a fundamental payment inequity in Medicare. The program pays hospital-owned outpatient departments (HOPDs) 43% to 670% more than independent clinics for delivering the same services.
The Education Freedom Account Act establishes a universal education savings account (ESA) program. A state without an existing ESA can enact this model policy in whole. A state that already operates an ESA can use this model policy in part to widen eligibility, close funding gaps with district schools, or make the program easier for families and providers to use.
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds U.S. Senator Mike Lee for introducing Kayleigh’s Law in the U.S. Senate. This legislation would ensure that victims would not have to continuously return to court to request protection from their abusers.
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today announced that it has launched an investigation into Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s (PG&E) decision to decommission the PotterValley Hydroelectric Project, a move that could have significant consequences for the water supply, agricultural economy, energy reliability, and wildfire preparedness in one of America’s most productive agricultural regions.
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today responded to U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani's nationwide ruling in Boston blocking President Trump’s executive order directing the U.S. Postal Service to verify mail-ballot eligibility, in the latest example of judges substituting their own policy preferences for the ordinary process of agency rulemaking and judicial review.