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Record high inflation, rising energy prices, and workforce shortages threaten Arizona’s post-pandemic recovery. Some proposals making their way through Congress could exacerbate this situation and place more constraints on an economy already burdened by taxes and regulations. One such proposal, the PRO Act, would limit both workers and employers who are struggling to return to […]
Six-figure Campaign Aims to Hold Lawmakers Accountable for Reckless Spending and Historic Inflation PHOENIX, AZ – Americans for Prosperity is launching a new, six-figure nationwide campaign that includes targeting Rep. Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) for supporting trillions in reckless spending. The ads highlight the empty promises and damaging results of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which […]
PHOENIX, AZ — Americans for Prosperity – Arizona (AFP-AZ) State Director Stephen Shadegg released the following statement after U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) came out in support of changes to the Senate filibuster: “It comes as zero surprise that Mark Kelly would go along with Schumer’s plan to blow up the filibuster to pass a partisan agenda with […]
Americans for Prosperity/YouGov poll finds majority of independents concerned about inflation, middle class tax hikes PHOENIX, AZ – Americans for Prosperity – Arizona (AZ) today released findings of a poll conducted by YouGov October 7-18, 2021, that found a significant majority of Arizonans want Congress to hold off on passing new spending, amid concerns that the […]
“Arizona families would be left paying an extra $100 a month for this Green New Deal style mandate.” PHOENIX, AZ – Americans for Prosperity – Arizona (AFP-AZ) is launching a new advertising campaign that shows how the so-called clean energy standard in the Biden-Sanders reconciliation package would cause Arizonans’ energy bills to increase $1,200 a […]
Documents obtained by Americans for Prosperity Foundation through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, which are part of an ongoing lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs, reveal the VA’s failure to follow the VA MISSION Act and its own regulatory requirements by refusing to refer eligible veterans for community care. The documents […]
PHOENIX, AZ – Americans for Prosperity-Arizona (AFP-AZ) is ramping up its ongoing campaign encouraging U.S. Representative Tom O’Halleran to oppose the Biden-Sanders “infrastructure” proposals as House lawmakers prepare to return to Washington to vote on the budget resolution and kick off reconciliation negotiations. The new push, which are part of the grassroots group’s seven-figure “End […]
Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips joined with Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist to applaud Arizona’s recent tax reform and to call on other states and the federal government to emulate the Grand Canyon State. “By lowering the income tax rate and making the tax code flatter, the tax burden on all Arizonans […]
Phoenix, AZ – Following U.S. Senator Krysten Sinema’s voicing her opposition to the $3.5 trillion reconciliation “infrastructure” proposal, Americans for Prosperity-Arizona (AFP-AZ) State Director Stephen Shadegg issued the following statement: “Senator Sinema’s concerns with spending an additional $3.5 trillion on a partisan wish list are well-founded. Washington’s spending addiction needs to be reined in before […]
