Monday, August 24th 2009
by jtuch
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AFP targets key senators in the cap-and-trade debate in final push before Congress returns from recess

Sixth leg of cross-country “Hot Air Tour” begins August 31st with grassroots rallies in Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska

 

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Tuesday, August 18th 2009
by James Valvo
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-Says Proposed Tax is Out of Control-

DENVER—The Colorado chapter of the grassroots freemarket organization Americans for Prosperity (AFP-CO) was pleased to note that former U.S. Senator from Colorado Timothy Wirth has come out in opposition to the current cap-and-trade proposal. Wirth, an architect of Clinton Era climate change efforts, said the Waxman-Markey energy bill that recently passed the U.S. House is “a cap-and-tax bill” and that the legislation has “gotten out of control.”

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Friday, August 14th 2009
by James Valvo
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PITTSBURGH – Competing panels at new media conferences presently taking place in Pittsburgh—NetRoots Nation and RightOnline—highlight what's at stake in the fight over the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), better known as Card Check because of its infamous provisions to abolish private ballot elections for union organizing.

NetRoots Nation called its panel on EFCA “The Secret Plan to Defeat the Right Forever.” (http://www.netrootsnation.com/node/1172)

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Friday, August 14th 2009
by James Valvo
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- Americans for Prosperity Issues Statement -

PITTSBURGH – As Americans for Prosperity (AFP) prepares to kick off its second annual RightOnline conference to unite conservative bloggers and online activists from across the country, the group was pleased to note that four Senate Democrats–Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Ben Nelson (Neb.), Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad (N. Dak.)–have become vocal in their opposition to pushing a cap-and-trade energy tax this year.

AFP President Tim Phillips released the following statement:

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Tuesday, August 11th 2009
by jtuch
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AFP targets key senators in the cap-and-trade debate at grassroots rallies in Indiana, Ohio, Virginia
Fifth leg of cross-country “Hot Air Tour” begins August 18th

 
As debate on cap-and-trade legislation heats up in Congress, the free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity is launching the fifth leg of its 2009 Nationwide Hot Air Tour on August 18th, exposing the extreme economic costs of proposed cap-and-trade legislation to the American taxpayer.

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