Press Release
Grassroots group ready to work with both chambers to get reforms over the finish line AUSTIN, Texas – Following their press conference this morning, Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) praised Governor Abbot, Lieutenant Governor Patrick, and Speaker Bonnen for their commitment to delivering historic property tax reform to Texans. “Thanks to the leadership of Governor Abbott, […]
Legislative leaders will speak with AFP-MN State Director Jason Flohrs to brief participants on upcoming legislative efforts and answer activists’ questions. ST. PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) is hosting its 2019 Session Preview on Monday, February 4th. The event will preview the legislative session with legislative leadership and share an exclusive look at […]
JACKSON, Miss. – As the Senate and House Education Committees begin considering bills to pass before their Tuesday deadlines, Americans for Prosperity-Mississippi (AFP-MS) is getting behind proposals that would reduce bureaucracy, empower teachers, and prioritize students’ success. HB 623 would decrease the administrative burden and free up more time for teachers at highly-rated public schools […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Americans for Prosperity-Arkansas (AFP-AR) commends Gov. Hutchinson after announcing his proposal to lower top marginal income tax rate from 6.9 percent to 5.9 percent over two years. In 2015, the governor signed into law a 1 percent tax cut for middle-class Arkansans and in 2017 passed a tax cut impacting lower-income taxpayers. […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity released a policy brief Wednesday detailing the severe consequences of the significant and unaffordable growth in government spending and debt detailed in the newest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecast for the federal budget released Monday. In the brief, AFP Senior Policy Fellow Alison Acosta Winters says the report should serves […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce joined a coalition of free-market and business organizations urging Congress to support the bipartisan Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act. In a letter to lawmakers, the groups stressed the need for Congress to take “urgent action to stabilize our precarious trade environment” by […]
BURNSVILLE, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) today announced their opposition to HF5, which would create a new entitlement program funded by a payroll tax on all employees and employers across the state. The bill would in effect lead to a 12% tax hike on the lowest income tax bracket, the very people who can […]
ST. PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) today urged members of the House Health and Human Services Policy Committee to oppose HF400, a bill that would impose additional prescription drug distribution fees onto patients already struggling with increased health care costs. AFP-MN sent the members of the Health and Human Services Reform committee a […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Following yesterday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on H.R. 1, legislation that would violate the American principles of freedom of association and privacy, Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “We should be taking steps to empower all Americans to right the injustices they see in their communities […]
