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Government employs a veritable army of teachers, professors, graduate students, undergraduate work-study students, as well as coaches, teachers’ aides, tutors, and administrators. To what degree can government, as an employer, punish the people it hires for their own personal expression? That’s a live question. The First Amendment protects citizens from the government. The government doesn’t […]
In the home of the brave, more say they are afraid to speak up than ever before. About 40 percent of Americans today report keeping quiet — holding back from expressing their true beliefs for fear of reprisal. This figure is particularly astounding when compared to the 1950s during McCarthyism: Back then, only 13 percent […]
Campaign polling shows voter support; Groups look to spend up to a million for initial push Arlington, VA – Today, The LIBRE Initiative and Americans for Prosperity launched a comprehensive, initial campaign calling on lawmakers to start working toward an immigration solution that addresses pressing issues facing the Country today: security at our border, the […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—This week Utah’s House of Representatives voted on the Hope Scholarship Program (HB331). The education bill failed 22-53—a disappointing outcome to Utah’s families and students. The Hope Scholarship would have allowed families to direct education dollars to tuition, homeschool, online learning, or tutoring to meet their child’s individual learning needs. “The outcome of the […]
Colorado’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Can be Reduced by Fostering Innovation DENVER, CO—Americans for Prosperity came out against Colorado’s SB22-138, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Colorado, because it proposes excessive, one-size-fits-all energy reduction mandates that would do little to benefit the environment while hurting Colorado’s most financially vulnerable. Notably, these mandates would ban gasoline-powered engines of 50 […]
ROLLING MEADOWS, IL – Americans For Prosperity – Illinois (AFP-IL) hosted a Facebook Live last night with Congressman Darin LaHood discussing the State of the Union address, and providing an Illinois perspective on the topics President Biden covers during his speech. Congressman LaHood summed up the impact on Illinois well: “The real issue I think […]
Arlington, VA – In response to President Biden’s first State of the Union Address, AFP President and CEO Emily Seidel issued the following statement: “On the campaign trail, then-candidate Biden promised to unify America. He reiterated that promise in his inaugural address. But the first year of his presidency was driven by a partisan wish […]
Arlington VA – Americans For Prosperity today congratulated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on her nomination to the Supreme Court and urged the Senate to carefully evaluate her qualifications, including her judicial philosophy. Casey Mattox, Vice President for Legal and Judicial Strategy at Americans for Prosperity, issued the following statement: “As AFP has said in previous […]
Americans for Prosperity says broad tax cut empowers Michiganders Lansing, MICH. — Grassroots advocacy group Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) today praised lawmakers in the State House for voting to pass a broad-based income tax cut that would return roughly $2.5 billion to Michiganders. The proposal passed with bipartisan support from both Republicans and Democrats. AFP-MI state director Annie […]
