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Several state legislatures are considering so-called anti-riot measures, pitched as protecting public safety by addressing violence. Sounds OK, right? Who could be against stopping riots? But writing in Newsweek, David Voorman, Americans for Prosperity’s senior policy analyst for free speech and peace, calls out the threat to free expression and peaceful assembly posed by these […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Americans for Prosperity-Indiana (AFP-IN) today urged lawmakers to support HB 1006, a bill that would institute de-escalation training for law enforcement and other policing reforms. AFP-IN State Director Michael Chartier testified before the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee today. Below are excerpts from Chartier’s testimony: “We believe that an effective criminal […]

Dear Member of Congress:   On behalf of activists in all 50 states, Americans for Prosperity will rate the following amendments to the PRO Act in our legislative scorecard. AFP issued a key vote alert on the underlying bill urging members of Congress to vote “NO” on H.R. 842.   I strongly urge you to vote YES on the following amendments:  […]

Before Beth Anne Mumford became a regional director at Americans for Prosperity, she was an independent contractor for several years, working on strategic communications with clients in the U.S. and Canada. So she has a personal stake in defeating the PRO Act. “As a working mother, I have personally benefited from independent work, which allowed me […]

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the “Protecting the Right to Organize” (PRO) Act. It isn’t the first time. Each year since 2018, some member of Congress has introduced the PRO Act, and the House passed it along partisan lines in 2019. Americans for Prosperity full supports the ability […]

Dear Member of Congress, On behalf Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I write urging you to vote “NO” on H.R. 842, the so-called Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which makes unprecedented, harmful changes to federal labor laws. While supporters argue the PRO Act would expand worker rights, the reality is […]

AFP-SC praises bill that would help increase transparency, root out waste and corruption COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today thanked state Representative Jason Elliott for introducing H 4033, a bill that would implement a South Carolina checkbook, a website and tool that would bolster transparency into the state’s finances and use of […]

Welcome to Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin! No matter what you call yourself — a patriot, community leader, activist, etc. — we are citizens first in this American experiment. We are all reaching to achieve the American dream in ways unique to each of us. When we see barriers keeping ourselves or others from this dream, we […]

ARLINGTON, Va.—Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today issued the following statement from Dan Pearson, AFP Trade Policy Fellow, on the Biden administration’s decision to suspend tariffs previously imposed on billions of dollars of EU goods stemming from the Boeing-Airbus dispute. The move has prompted the EU to follow suit, setting the stage for settlement of the […]