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Your weekly round-up of the major wins making headlines thanks to AFP’s grassroots activists across the country (April 9 through April 13). The Big W: Gov. Scott Walker Signed Landmark Welfare Reform Backed by AFP What it is: The newly signed landmark Walker welfare reform law removes barriers to job opportunities, rewards hard work and cracks down on waste, fraud […]
Grassroots group responds to recent ad hominem attacks on groups opposing transit plan NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) released the following statement as pro-transit groups, including Transit for Nashville, have shifted their strategy from talking transit to attacking groups standing in opposition to the $9 billion Nashville transit plan. “Transit tax supporters have clearly gone […]
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Americans for Prosperity-Indiana (AFP-IN) will host Senator Todd Young for a “Tax Day” conversation this Monday, April 16 at 9:00 am in downtown Indianapolis to talk about the recently-passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and its effects on Hoosier communities. Hoosiers everywhere are already seeing bigger paychecks because of the new tax […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement in response to remarks by Treasury Secretary Mnuchin that “the president is very interested in reopening the Export-Import Bank” as a “fully functioning” entity: “The Export-Import Bank is corporate welfare at its worst. This is an entity that uses billions in […]
Momentum grows as Otero becomes second county in New Mexico to pass Right-to-Work Alamogordo, NM – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM), the state’s leading advocates for common sense labor reforms is applauding the vote today by Otero County Commissioners that make the county the second in New Mexico to enact a right-to-work ordinance. AFP-NM lauded […]
Arlington, Va. – Recent news reports indicate that the Trump administration is considering massive agriculture bailouts as a way to blunt the harmful effect of protectionist trade moves. According to the Wall Street Journal, officials are developing an “aid package” that would amount to a multibillion-dollar bailout of American farmers harmed by the administration’s tariff policy. […]
We’re excited to announce that Chris McCoy has been promoted to AFP-NC’s new state director. Previously serving as a field director in Winston-Salem, and then as senior field director, Chris will now be your voice at the state capitol, fighting for more freedom and opportunity for all North Carolinians. He lives in Moorseville with his wife, three kids, and […]
Earlier this week, the White House released an executive order directing federal agencies to promote employment for people on public assistance programs by strengthening existing work requirements or creating new ones where they don’t currently exist. While the order doesn’t actually change policy since most such reforms need to be enacted by Congress, it does […]
It’s been said before, but merits repeating: Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. The CBO’s latest economic predictions highlighting America’s rising federal deficit underscores this point. The Wall Street Journal notes: The Congressional Budget Office said the federal budget deficit would total $804 billion this year, 43% higher than it had projected last summer, and […]
