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SALT LAKE CITY – Americans for Prosperity-Utah (AFP-Utah) today praises the launch of the new Legislator Requests for Appropriations webpage where Utahns can now see who, what, and how much legislators are requesting of their hard-earned tax dollars. AFP-Utah State Director Heather Andrews issued the following statement: “Taxpayers will now have a better understanding of which legislators would like […]
SANTA FE, NM – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) today commended state Senator Bill O’Neill for introducing SB 247, a bill that gives the parole board an opportunity to weigh individual circumstances and make a parole decision accordingly, while allowing reformed men and women an opportunity to succeed. Currently, juveniles can be sentenced to life […]
Grassroots group urges lawmakers to focus on policies related to stopping COVID, reject partisan priorities Arlington, Va. – Following the Congressional Budget Office’s report upgrading its economic outlook for the United States, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) urged legislators to reject any COVID response package that isn’t timely and targeted to those hit hardest by the […]
Civil Asset Forfeiture is a policy that is used by the government to take and keep your property, even without charging or convicting you of a crime. Right now, the status quo is on defendants to prove their property’s innocence in order to keep it from permanently belonging to the government. This is wrong. The […]
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines has shown Americans a way out of this pandemic. But with coronavirus infections still growing by the tens of thousands and daily deaths often exceeding 4,000, we have more work to do. Doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals will need help to get Americans vaccinated, ensure testing can be made more accessible, treat patients with lifesaving […]
Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia State Director Jason Huffman | The Hill Since the COVID-19 pandemic first arrived on our shores nearly a year ago, it has brought our economy to a halt, kept our children out of school, and claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans. … Our lawmakers must maintain their focus […]
Each year since 2018, some member of Congress has introduced a bill called the PRO Act, which would, among other things, eliminate most forms of independent contracting and reclassify those workers as employees under the National Labor Relations Act. The House passed this bill along largely partisan lines in 2019. Much like its state-level counterpart, California’s AB 5, the PRO […]
CONCORD, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today urged legislators to support SB 61, a bill that brings Right to Work protections to private-sector workers. The bill was voted out of the Senate Commerce Committee today. AFP-NH State Director Greg Moore issued the following statement: “No one should have to fork over a portion […]
In the 8 years between 2009 and 2017, the federal debt grew by nearly $9 trillion, to a total of almost 20 trillion dollars. In the last 4 years, the rate of growth increased, and the United States added nearly $8 trillion in debt over that short period of years. It’s become a consistent refrain: […]
