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CHICAGO, IL — Americans for Prosperity-Illinois (AFP-IL) continues to petition the Village of Arlington Heights to reject a taxpayer-funded Bears Stadium. From commissioning a poll that showed 68% of Arlington Heights voters disapprove of supporting the project with taxpayer dollars, to numerous op-eds, to gathering petition signatures to propose a new ordinance, AFP-IL has been standing up […]
Grassroots group points to Ford lay offs, record-breaking inflation, energy policy Lansing, Mich. — Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI), a grassroots group dedicated to breaking down government barriers to innovation and growth, took issue with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to Detroit Thursday. Yellen’s speech, which is expected to focus heavily on the EV and semiconductor industry as well […]
AFP-IL Submits Petition Opposing Taxpayer Subsidies for New Bears Stadium in Arlington Heights WHO: Americans for Prosperity Illinois (AFP-IL) WHAT: Submission of petition signatures to the Village of Arlington Heights board in support of the adoption of an Anti-Corporate Welfare Ordinance, per section 2-204 of the municipal code. WHEN: Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 7:30 […]
“Mayor Hayes called AFP-IL’s Anti-Corporate Welfare Ordinance ‘extreme,’ but we don’t think a majority of Arlington Heights residents are extremists for wanting to end corporate welfare programs.” ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — An ARW Strategies poll commissioned by Americans for Prosperity Illinois (AFP-IL) found Arlington Heights voters overwhelmingly support the Chicago Bears building a stadium in the suburb, […]
Arlington, VA – Today, Americans for Prosperity is launching a new round of digital ads urging House members to reject hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes and spending and vote no on the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, which the CBO says will not have a meaningful impact on inflation. The ads will run in the following […]
Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I write urging you to strongly and unequivocally oppose the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” This vote will be recorded in AFP’s 2022 legislative scorecard. This tax-and-spend wish list is reckless, partisan, and will do absolutely nothing to help with inflation. […]
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Americans for Prosperity – Illinois (AFP-IL) today urged members of the Arlington Heights Village Board to adopt an anti-corporate welfare ordinance and reject proposals that would build a new Chicago Bears stadium with taxpayer money. AFP-IL Deputy State Director Brian Costin released the following statement: “Billionaires can afford to build their own […]
Dear Members of Congress, On behalf of millions of Americans for Prosperity activists and supporters across the country, I urge you to vote “NO” on the CHIPS Act. This vote will be recorded in AFP’s 2022 legislative scorecard. The CHIPS Act purports to bolster the domestic semiconductor industry and fight perceived Chinese industrial dominance by spending $76 billion […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity Vice President of Government Affairs Akash Chougule issued the following statement urging defeat of the so-called CHIPS Act under consideration in Congress this week: “Poll after poll underscores what we are hearing firsthand at our ‘True Cost of Washington’ tour events across the country – the biggest problem facing […]
