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Momentum grows as Otero becomes second county in New Mexico to pass Right-to-Work Alamogordo, NM – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM), the state’s leading advocates for common sense labor reforms is applauding the vote today by Otero County Commissioners that make the county the second in New Mexico to enact a right-to-work ordinance. AFP-NM lauded […]
Arlington, Va. – Recent news reports indicate that the Trump administration is considering massive agriculture bailouts as a way to blunt the harmful effect of protectionist trade moves. According to the Wall Street Journal, officials are developing an “aid package” that would amount to a multibillion-dollar bailout of American farmers harmed by the administration’s tariff policy. […]
Earlier this week, the White House released an executive order directing federal agencies to promote employment for people on public assistance programs by strengthening existing work requirements or creating new ones where they don’t currently exist. While the order doesn’t actually change policy since most such reforms need to be enacted by Congress, it does […]
It’s been said before, but merits repeating: Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. The CBO’s latest economic predictions highlighting America’s rising federal deficit underscores this point. The Wall Street Journal notes: The Congressional Budget Office said the federal budget deficit would total $804 billion this year, 43% higher than it had projected last summer, and […]
AFP-Arizona’s April 12 Legislative Update is available in PDF HERE. 1) PROGRESS REPORTS — Last week, AFP-Arizona sent progress reports to all ninety Arizona Legislators, giving them estimates of what their scores would likely be on AFP-AZ’s 2018 Legislative Scorecard if the session were to end right now. With a few exceptions, the scores are […]
In response to the CBO’s latest economic projections out Monday, Americans for Prosperity called on lawmakers to break their spending addiction and begin to undo the damage caused by the reckless omnibus spending bill. Every major tax cut in the past 50 years has yielded more federal revenue yet deficits and debt soared, driven by […]
FRANKFORT, KY – Americans for Prosperity State Director Andrew V. McNeill made the following statement on Governor Bevin’s veto of the budget and tax increases passed by the state legislature last week: “AFP-Kentucky applauds Governor Bevin for vetoing the budget and the tax increases and calls for the legislature to return to work to craft […]
For a PDF version of the AFP-Arizona April 9 Legislative Update, go HERE. 1) PROGRESS REPORTS — This past week, AFP-Arizona sent progress reports to all ninety Arizona Legislators, giving them estimates of what their scores would likely be on AFP-AZ’s 2018 Legislative Scorecard if the session were to end right now. With a few […]
Grassroots Activists Call on Senators to Sell Utility Giant, Pass Checkbook AFP State Director Yates Pens Hard-Hitting Op-Ed for Charleston Post & Courier COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina today called upon the state Senate to follow the General Assembly’s lead and pass legislation to begin the process of selling off embattled, state-owned utility […]
