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In the three weeks since President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill Justice Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court, Americans for Prosperity grassroots activists across 36 states have been energized and mobilized. AFP has committed seven-figures-worth of digital, television and radio ads and has deployed the full force of our grassroots capabilities to ensure […]
There is a lot of misinformation going around Westminster about what the city council plans to do with your money. The truth is, the mayor and the city council haven’t exactly been the most forthcoming about their expenses, past and future. So, let’s clear the air and address a few myths out there. Myth #1 […]
On Saturday, Aug. 4 The Hill published an opinion editorial by AFP policy experts Mary Kate Hopkins and Martin Rodriguez lauding the decision of the Trump administration to propose the reversal of two fuel economy regulations with enormous costs in both money and lives. Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards – which mandate that automakers spend more money to […]
Overspending in Washington is a chronic affliction. The national debt sits at $21 trillion dollars and counting. As if that were not enough, Sen. Bernie Sanders has now proposed a bill to establish single-payer health insurance, known as “the Medicare for All Act.” The proposal would add an estimated $32.6 trillion to the federal budget in the first decade […]
Tax reform is the gift that keeps on giving! Millions of hard-working Americans have already seen pay bonuses, wage increases and lower utility rates. States across the country, from California to Wisconsin, are seeing record-low unemployment rates. That’s not all! The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, otherwise known as the American Pay Raise, continues to benefit everyday American families. A new report from the Heritage Foundation shows the average household in every state and every congressional district […]
Recently, Sen. John Tester called short-term, limited-duration insurance plans “junk plans,” saying they “belong in the trash.” Sen. Tester should tell that to the Montanans who count on these plans. STLD insurance plans are vital escape valves for the millions of Americans hurt most by Obamacare. Free from Washington’s one-size-fits-all mandates, these plans provide consumers […]
The Big W: American Electric Power has canceled its Wind Catcher project, which was nothing but a corporate welfare scheme. What it is: Oklahoma’s so-called Wind Catcher project would have been the largest-ever wind farm in the United States, located in the Oklahoma panhandle. The $4.5 billion project was an attempt to take advantage of expiring federal tax credits and leave taxpayers to foot a big portion of […]
This week, we sat down with Sarah Field, Americans for Prosperity’s vice president of judicial strategy, to discuss AFP’s grassroots efforts to confirm President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Field elaborated on Judge Kavanaugh’s qualifications, experience and judicial philosophy and underscored the importance of seating principled jurists to the bench. Watch the full […]
On Friday American Electric Power and Public Service Company decided to pull the plug on the controversial Wind Catcher project. This victory for ratepayers and hardworking Oklahoma families is in no small part thanks to the thousands of activists who emailed the Oklahoma Corporation Commission urging commissioners to reject the proposal. The project was a boondoggle from the […]
