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Senator Smith should follow House in seizing opportunity to cut $15 billion in spending by passing rescission package grassroots group says ST. PAUL, MN – Following the House passage of H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, Americans for Prosperity–Minnesota (AFP-MN) is now calling on Senator Smith to take up the […]
The federal government is no stranger to out-of-control spending. The national debt has now reached a startling $21 trillion! That’s not all: Congress recently passed an omnibus spending package that will cost $1.3 trillion. But wasteful federal spending doesn’t stop there. The federal government has misused your money on various pet projects, both large and […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Following the House passage of H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, Americans for Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO) will start running digital ads urging Sen. Blunt and Sen. McCaskill to approve the bill that would save taxpayers about $15 billion in unspent funds from previous years. Contrary to her voting history, […]
Governor Sununu vetoes bills that would have increased already high electric costs, jeopardize economic growth grassroots group says CONCORD, N.H. – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today applauded Governor Sununu for providing relief for electric ratepayers and vetoing two bills, Senate Bill 365 and Senate Bill 446, that include ratepayer subsidies for above market renewable […]
BATON ROUGE, La. – Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana activists gathered in the Capitol Monday afternoon as Gov. Edwards addressed the legislature on the start of Louisiana’s third special session of 2018. The 10-day session was called by Governor Edwards after legislators rebuffed attempts to raise the sales tax. AFP-LA has consistently called for legislators to reject any […]
Harrisburg, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) today urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to act on legislation that would help Pennsylvanians charged with low-level, nonviolent crimes to obtain jobs and productively re-enter their communities once they have served their sentence. House Bill 1419, often referred to as the “Clean Slate” bill, would provide for the […]
Letter in Opposition to S-675: New Burdensome Occupational Licensure Monday, June 18, 2018 Dear Chairwoman Pou and Members of the Senate Commerce Committee: On behalf of Americans for Prosperity – NJ, our tens of thousands of activists across the state and our 3.2 million activists across the nation, I respectfully urge you to please vote […]
Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee Letter in Support of S-2510/A-3754 Monday, June 18, 2018 Dear Chairman Sarlo & Members of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee: On behalf of aspiring entrepreneurs across the state, please vote “Yes” on S-2510 before the Senate Commerce Committee today, which would exempt hair braiding services from burdensome licensure. […]
Arlington, VA – In response to the Trump administration’s announcementtoday that they will move ahead with a 25 percent tax hike on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods imported to the United States, while threatening to impose additional taxes if China retaliates, Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “If there was anything […]
