Press Release

Grassroots group arms citizens with info on lawmakers’ voting records CONCORD, N.H. – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) is hosting its AFP Scorecard Release and Legislative Awards Ceremony in Manchester at Stark Park on Tuesday, June 26th at 6:30PM. Every year, AFP-NH develops a scorecard to measure how well legislators are adhering to free market, […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) released a statement Saturday ahead of a likely vote by the Senate of the previously brokered and approved $0.45 sales tax increase in the House. AFP-LA State Director John Kay released the following statement: “Huey Long had a quote about whether or not Louisianans will like good government […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) released a statement Friday after legislators voted to approve a sales tax increase, which will now be up for debate in the Senate. The House Ways and Means Committee voted to approve three different sales tax increases on Wednesday. AFP-LA State Director John Kay released the following […]

Harrisburg, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) on Friday commented on the $32.7 billion budget passed by the state legislature. The 2018-2019 budget is expected to be signed by Governor Wolf in the coming days. The grassroots group on Tuesday issued a letter to state lawmakers listing key reforms that if enacted would provide Pennsylvania’s […]

PIERRE, S.D. – Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota (AFP-SD), released a statement Monday after the United States Senate was unable to secure support to bring President Trump’s spending cuts package to the Senate floor. This package would have been a modest first step toward reducing excessive government spending that has become all too commonplace in Washington. […]

Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity expressed disappointment in House lawmakers today following Thursday’s passage of H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, otherwise known as the 2018 Farm Bill. AFP issued a key vote against the measure, urging members to stop Washington’s extreme overspending by rejecting the blatant cronyism and wasteful spending in […]

Arlington, VA – Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unconstitutional, raising new questions about the future of the agency. In the opinion, the court said it sided with a dissent in an earlier case that said the bureau is “unconstitutionally structured because it is an independent agency […]

ST. PAUL, MN – Yesterday, the United States Senate was unable to secure support to bring President Trump’s spending cuts package to the Senate floor. This package would have been a modest first step toward reducing excessive government spending that has become all too commonplace in Washington. In a disappointing move, Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), […]

Raleigh, North Carolina – Yesterday, the United States Senate was unable to secure critical support to bring President Trump’s spending cuts package to the Senate floor. This package remains a modest first step toward reducing punishing government spending that has become all too commonplace in Washington. In a disappointing move, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), voted […]