Press Release

Arlington, VA – Following House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s announcement this morning that the House of Representatives will vote on the Senate version of right-to-try legislation in the upcoming days, Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “This morning’s announcement represents a critical step towards extending to tens of thousands […]

Anchorage, Alaska – After the Senate voted to enact the Congressional Review Act and overturn the FCC’s decision to cut the chord on net neutrality, Americans for Prosperity-Alaska State Director Jeremy Price issued the following statement: “We’re disappointed by the Senate action today, in particular Sen. Murkowski, for using the Congressional Review Act to reverse progress that […]

ARLINGTON, Va.—Americans for Prosperity on Wednesday issued a key vote alert in support of H.R. 5674, the VA MISSION Act of 2018. The legislation would provide much needed reforms to the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) medical system and preserve much-needed access to care for millions of veterans nationwide. AFP is committed to advancing pro-growth […]

Bill provides great opportunity to spur economic growth grassroots group says St. Paul, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) on Wednesday commended the Minnesota legislature for passing HF4385, a tax reform package that provides a state income tax cut for Minnesota families and largely conforms with the reformed federal tax code. Today, the Senate passed […]

Americans for Prosperity-Kansas, broad coalition, worked to defeat tax increase Topeka, KS – Americans for Prosperity-Kansas (AFP-KS) celebrates the defeat of a tax increase that would have unnecessarily burdened Douglas County residents. Following efforts by AFP-KS, NAACP, Justice Matters, Kansas Appleseed and Lawrence Sunset Alliance to educate voters about the flawed proposal, this broad coalition is […]

Momentum grows as county commissioners unanimously vote to make Lincoln the third county in New Mexico to pass right-to-work Carrizozo, N.M. – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) on Tuesday applauded Lincoln County commissioners for unanimously passing the right-to-work ordinance introduced by Commissioner Elaine Allen, making Lincoln the third county in New Mexico to expand workers’ […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) applauded the House vote on SB 243, which would require a unanimous decision of all 12 jurors in a felony criminal case to convict, instead of only ten jurors. Louisiana and Oregon are the only two states to allow a partial jury conviction. “Unanimous juries are a […]

Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity today released a letter calling on House lawmakers to rein in excessive spending and corporate welfare in H.R. 2, otherwise known as the 2018 Farm Bill, by amending farm and nutrition titles that perpetuate the harmful status quo of government overreach and irresponsible spending. In the letter to House […]

ST. PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) today raised concerns about the state’s growing levels of debt following the passage of an $825 million borrowing bill by the House of Representatives. The Legislature just passed a nearly billion dollar borrowing package last session, and traditionally a bonding bill of that size is only considered […]