AFP on Lee State of State: A Great Start for Expanding Opportunity, Removing Barriers
Mar 4, 2019

NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) applauded Governor Bill Lee’s legislative agenda and policy priorities he announced in his State of the State address. Earlier this year, Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee released its legislative agenda that complement much of Governor Lee’s policy priorities, including expanding educational opportunity and reforming the state’s criminal justice system. AFP-TN […]

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To Expand Access to Health Care, States Must Remove Unnecessary Regulations  
Feb 28, 2019

For many Americans, seeking medical care requires over an hour’s drive to the nearest provider. For some, this is a major inconvenience. For others, it can be life-threatening. Neither is acceptable. These issues are commonplace in rural areas of the United States. While urban areas naturally attract more hospitals and more providers, there are steps states can take to […]

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AFP to Blackburn: Confirm Neomi Rao
Feb 27, 2019

NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today announced digital and grassroots efforts in support of Neomi Rao’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. This is one of the group’s largest grassroots efforts to date supporting a judicial nominee, and the largest effort for a lower court nominee. View digital […]

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Congress Has No ‘Appetite’ for Spending Cuts, While America Starves for Fiscal Sanity 
Feb 21, 2019

The National Debt Clock is  ticking up at an alarming rate.  Frankly, we’re afraid it may run out of numbers. We’re more than $22 trillion in debt, having spent $4 trillion last year alone. Deficits are on the verge of going back up to $1 trillion each year. We’re heading for a financial catastrophe. So of course our […]

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To Understand Medicare for All, Look Under the Hood   
Feb 7, 2019

A recent tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that Medicare for All, a single-payer health care program, enjoys popular support — until, that is, respondents look under the hood and learn what the program would really entail. According to the poll, 56 percent of Americans support Medicare for All. But, when informed that it would eliminate private […]

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Taxpayers Get Sacked at the Big Game
Feb 1, 2019

No matter who wins the Big Game this coming weekend, American taxpayers have already lost. That’s because it doesn’t matter the sport – baseball, basketball, hockey or football – when teams consider setting up shop in a town, taxpayers are all too often forced to shell out hundreds of millions in direct subsidies and tax […]

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Why Wait? Let’s Expand Educational Opportunity To Transform Lives Now
Jan 31, 2019

More than 56 million students enter a K-12 classroom each year with the desire to learn, grow and succeed. With a quickly evolving world, it’s time to rethink our approach to education from the ground up. Let’s provide all students the opportunity to discover their unique talents. Let’s unleash the knowledge of teachers and communities […]

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Education
Students Need Educational Freedom 
Jan 24, 2019

We all want our children to succeed. And we know the key to that success is a quality education. But for many of America’s children, that success is too often based on their family’s income level and zip code. They find themselves stuck in schools that underperform or simply fail to address their individual needs. What’s more, our […]

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Football Fans
Corporate Welfare Playoffs: Inside the Divisional Round
Jan 14, 2019

Eight teams played in last weekend’s divisional round of NFL playoff games. The winners — the Kansas City Chiefs, the Los Angeles Rams, the New Orleans Saints and the New England Patriots — are now headed to the championship round to play for a spot in the Big Game on Feb. 3 in Atlanta. But […]

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