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ARLINGTON, VA—Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) introduced the Agenda to End Budget Brinkmanship, a policy framework for congressional lawmakers to end the budget battles and fix the broken process causing Washington’s budget dysfunction. AFP’s Agenda to End Budget Brinkmanship calls on the 118th Congress to examine how we got to the brink of the current debt […]
NASHVILLE — Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) State Director Tori Venable released the following statement, after the State Senate voted to shrink the size of the bloated Nashville City Council: “With today’s vote in the Senate, legislation literally shrinking the size of government heads to the governor’s desk. Nashville’s city council – the third largest in the […]
On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists across West Virginia, I urge you to oppose HFA Foggin 3-4 #1 for SB 121. This vote may be recorded in our 2023 session legislative scorecard. In 1988, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier that student journalists are not covered under the First Amendment protections of freedom […]
LINCOLN, Neb. – Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska (AFP-NE) today thanks lawmakers for advancing LB 753, Opportunity Scholarships Act, to Select File. LB 753 will increase choice in education for Nebraska families by enacting a tax credit for donations to nonprofit scholarship granting institutions. AFP-NE State Director Jessica Shelburn released the following statement: “Today, with the advancement […]
“I can think of a lot of other ways to spend $1.3 billion of South Carolinians’ dollars.” COLUMBIA, SC — Americans for Prosperity – South Carolina (AFP-SC) blasted the news of $1.3 billion in corporate incentives for EV manufacturer Scout, a record amount for the state. The package is roughly five times what was given to a separate company that last year made […]
Lansing, Michigan—Today the Michigan House will vote on repealing the state’s right-to-work law. The law—which has been in place for ten years—gives hard working Michiganders the choice of whether or not to join a labor union. After the announcement was posted, Americans for Prosperity-Michigan released the following statement from State Director Annie Patnaude: “The majority in Lansing […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Americans for Prosperity- Arkansas (AFP- AR) State Director Ryan Norris released the following statement after the State Senate passed the LEARNS Plan, sending the bill to Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to sign: “Congratulations to Governor Sanders on this legislative victory that will benefit generations of Arkansas students. Under the LEARNS Plan, families will […]
Tallahassee, Fla. – Americans for Prosperity-Florida today issued the following statement regarding the start of Florida’s 2023 regular legislative session. “Today as the 2023 regular legislative session begins, we look to great leaders like House Speaker Paul Renner and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo and their plans to pass bold policy change,” said Skylar Zander, State Director of Americans […]
Dear Members of Congress Americans for Prosperity urges passage of joint resolutions H.J. Res. 27/S.J.Res. 7 disapproving of the final Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, published by the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers (Agencies) in the Federal Register on December 30, 2022. The resolutions are a prime example of how […]
