To one conservative group, Marco Rubio is the only perfect senator. Americans For Prosperity, a self-described “free market grassroots organization,” announced its scorecard of the 112th Congress on Wednesday. That group ranks lawmakers by percentage based upon votes they took on certain bills that affect “economic freedom.” The only senator to get a perfect 100 [...]
AFP ranks members of Congress on their votes on free market issues ARLINGTON, VA—Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the premier free market grassroots organization committed to smaller government and economic freedom, today released its scorecard for the 112th Congress. AFP also launched an interactive online version of its congressional key vote scorecard, which includes AFP key [...]
ARLINGTON, VA – Tonight Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s largest advocate for economic freedom, issued the following statement on the Vice Presidential debate: AFP President Tim Phillips said, “Tonight Congressman Paul Ryan clearly articulated the ongoing failures of President Obama’s big-government agenda while Vice President Biden covered his inability to explain these failures with sneers, [...]
In August at the Republican National Convention, vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said that President Obama broke his promise to keep the struggling General Motors plant in Ryan’s hometown of Janesville from shutting its doors. The problem isn’t government’s failure to keep a single struggling auto plant open; it’s our mentality that it’s appropriate for government to intervene in the market to save struggling companies.
With the selection of Congressman Paul Ryan as the Republican vice presidential candidate, the subject of Medicare reform is dominating the news. Both Congressman Ryan and President Obama have distinctive plans to overhaul this huge entitlement program represented by a key choice: bureaucratic control or seniors’ choice. In a series of blog posts this week, Americans for Prosperity will be examining what Medicare is and whether it is sustainable, President Obama’s and Congressman Ryan’s Medicare plans, and the best path forward for American seniors.
