Press Release
Arlington, VA – In response to Senator Manchin’s comments over the weekend confirming that he will not support the Biden administration’s Build Back Better reconciliation package, AFP Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following response: “From day one, Build Back Better was a go-it-alone, partisan collection of extreme elements of a far-left agenda in […]
Released 2021 Legislative Scorecard as an Accountability Tool for Granite Staters CONCORD, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) has announced that Sen. Gary Daniels, the Senate Finance Chairman, has been awarded the 2021 Tom Thomson Defender of Liberty Award for passing a state budget that provided substantial tax relief and authorized Education Freedom Accounts. Two […]
TOPEKA, KS – Americans for Prosperity-Kansas (AFP-KS) highlights that Kansas’ Tax Climate has “improved markedly” from the 34th to the 24th overall ranking following the release of the Tax Foundation’s Annual 2021 State Business Tax Climate Index. The index serves as a tool for key stakeholders to evaluate how their states’ tax systems compare to […]
HARRISBURG, PA – Today, Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) weighed in shortly after SB913 passed in the Senate. The bill, introduced by Sens. Baker, Bartolotta, and Williams, will remove redundancies in the probation system to make the government’s process more efficient. The grassroots group believes such a move will increase public safety because it will reduce recidivism, […]
In a pair of new op-eds, Dan Pearson, trade policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity, renewed steel tariffs and a U.S. trade deal with the European Union are both bad deals for the vast majority of Americans. Pearson stepped into the heart of steel country to respond to a commentary by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine […]
The congressional budget process is a mess, and the debate over the “Build Back Better” measure is Exhibit A, writes Americans for Prosperity Senior Fellow for Fiscal Policy Kurt Couchman in a new op-ed. “The taproot of this dysfunction is considering appropriations separately from direct (sometimes called mandatory) spending and revenue,” Couchman writes in The […]
BOSTON – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) announced today that the grassroots group will be releasing its legislative scorecard at their Christmas party in Manchester this evening. Activists and legislators will be in attendance for the unveiling where the winners of the 2021 Tom Thomson Defender of Liberty Award and the 2021 Freedom Fighter Activist […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity Senior Fellow in Fiscal Policy Kurt Couchman issued the following statement on the latest Congressional Budget Office score of the “Build Back Better” plan, which estimates that the legislation will add $3 trillion to the federal debt if its programs become permanent and additional interest on the national debt is counted: “Claims that this multi-trillion dollar government expansion would be […]
CONCORD, N.H. – As U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg meets with local leaders in Manchester, Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today released the following statement urging lawmakers to reject plans to expand commuter rail services that would require massive taxpayer subsidies. “For years, politicians have been trying to sell Granite Staters on a new passenger […]
