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By Kim Kennedy On Monday, June 10, I had an opportunity to visit Harrisburg with Pennsylvania Deputy State Director Anna McCauslin. I got a peek into what a typical day is like for her and, wow, is it fast paced and targeted! For some readers, visiting state representatives sounds as fun as watching corn grow. […]

Supposed Economic-Opportunity Zones Are Taxpayer Scams Tallahassee, FL – Americans for Prosperity-Florida, the state’s leading grassroots advocates against corporate welfare and using taxpayer dollars to prop up privately owned sports franchises, released the following statement upon news of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn carving out a path through federal policy to pull tax dollars from across […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.— Americans for Prosperity-Oklahoma (AFP-OK), the state’s largest free-market advocacy group, on Monday delivered letters from over 600 Oklahomans to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) urging commissioners to take a closer look at the project. Before the Oklahoma Corporation Commissions passes judgement, AFP-OK has issued a challenge to commissioners to answer several critical […]

Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) has released its legislative scorecard, a tool informing the public about the voting record of their elected officials over the last year. The scorecard empowers Granite Staters to hold their legislators accountable for their votes concerning economic freedom, and growing a free and open society. View scorecard here.  13 legislators […]

Grassroots group applauds Congresswoman Blackburn for leading to end crippling tariffs   Nashville, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee is applauding legislative champion, Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn for leading through action to help end tariffs. The grassroots group has launched a multi-million-dollar effort to educate lawmakers and citizens about the overwhelming evidence that tariffs increase costs on American […]

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, […]

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 […]

Senate should follow House in seizing opportunity to cut $15 billion in spending by passing President Trump’s rescission package Las Vegas, Nev. – Following the House passage of H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, Americans for Prosperity-Nevada (AFP-NV) is now calling on Senator Dean Heller to support the measure that would save […]

Harrisburg, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) today urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to act on legislation that would help Pennsylvanians charged with low-level, nonviolent crimes to obtain jobs and productively re-enter their communities once they have served their sentence. House Bill 1419, often referred to as the “Clean Slate” bill, would provide for the […]