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Nov 3, 2021 · The U.S. government heavily influences what farmers grow and consumers eat through various policies to subsidize the production of certain crops.

Jan 15, 2025 · Executive Summary: President-elect Trump’s approach to artificial intelligence (AI) policy during his first term – characterized by efforts to prioritize federal research and development and direct federal agencies to reduce barriers to AI development and adoption – offers insight into how he will set AI policy during his second term. Trump has signaled plans …

Jan 29, 2025 · Executive Summary In December 2024, Senators Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham released a new discussion draft of the 2023 Foreign Pollution Fee Act, which would levy a flat 15-percent carbon tariff on goods imported into the United States across six sectors: aluminum, cement, iron and steel, fertilizer, glass, and hydrogen, with a surtax of 40 […]

Sep 10, 2020 · The prevalence and cost of chronic disease in the United States is growing and will continue to grow, not just as a result of the Baby Boomer generation aging but also due to increased disease prevalence among children and younger adults.

AAF is an independent, nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization; it is not affiliated with or controlled by any political group. Its focus is to educate the public about the complex policy choices the country faces, and to explain as cogently and influentially as possible why solutions grounded in the center-right values that have long guided the ...

Jan 6, 2025 · As AAF noted this past fall, 2024 saw the total inventory of federal paperwork requirements – accumulated across multiple administrations – reach its apex. The story of paperwork burdens in 2024 in particular, however, was one of a steady flow of numerous new requirements rather than some of the individual spikes seen in recent years prior.

Feb 13, 2025 · The House and Senate Budget Committees have each released their fiscal year 2025 budget resolutions that, if adopted, would unlock the pathway for reconciliation legislation to implement some of President Trump's domestic policy agenda.

Feb 6, 2025 · You wondered. We explained. AAF experts provide clear, data-driven insight into today’s economic and domestic policy issues.

Jul 18, 2019 · Over the next decade, employers in nearly every state will face significant shortages both of workers with an associate degree or some college (nearly 800,000 workers) and of workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher (over 8.5 million workers), leading to nearly $1.2 trillion in lost economic output.