Time to rally the troops! The Oregon Legislature has failed to hear our demands for budget reforms like those in the newly released update of “Facing Reality”, a report by Cascade Policy Institute and Americans For Prosperity-Oregon, which identifies just a few areas of the many that could be reformed to create great savings to [...]

  Follow Us! We have a new name for the newsletter – The Torch Hope you like it! Upcoming Events – Monday, March 11 New Jersey- Taxpayer Action Seminar- Cherry Hill Tuesday, March 12 Missouri- How to Defeat a Local Tax Increase Arkansas- Stop Over-Spending Door to Door Thursday, March 14 Oregon- Citizen Lobby War [...]

  There is no such thing as a free lunch. States believe that there is “free” federal money to vastly expand the broken entitlement system, Medicaid. I’m sure you’ve seen this government health insurance program for low-income individuals in the news, as governors around the country have been deciding whether they will take that supposedly “free” federal [...]

  You and I know that Congress and the President have a major spending problem, and the Sequester cuts that take effect on March 1st could be the first step to changing that — $85 billion in real cuts that will finally begin some belt tightening in Washington, D.C.  But Democrats, and even some Republicans [...]

    We’re giving you a sneak peek of AFP’s Congressional Scorecard! This key vote scorecard for the 112th Congress analyzes every single member to let you know how focused your legislators are on promoting economic freedom. AFP will release its scorecard to Congressional members and the public tomorrow.   See The Grade Your Representative [...]

  Another legislative hearing has been set this Monday, February 18th at 3pm in Room F to continue the testimony on HB2800. HB2800 essentially offers a blank check to fund the boondoggle known as the Columbia River Crossing (CRC). We need you to help us stop this bill from ever moving out of this joint [...]

For generations, presidents have used inaugural addresses to unite the nation.  But yesterday, President Obama chose to deliver a harshly ideological, aggressively partisan speech more appropriate for the campaign trail than the solemn occasion of our nation’s 57th inaugural address.  Obama’s speech read like a liberal laundry list with global warming and more spending at the [...]

The elections are over; the TV ads and campaigning are finished. The politicians have stopped making promises and drowning us in their rhetoric. Now is the time for citizens to begin working in earnest. As the 2013 legislative session approaches, who will take the time to watch over our representatives as they “work for the [...]

“When Government Can’t Be Trusted” An expose on how environmentalists in some government agencies mislead the public through faulty science and purge scientists who challenge the green agenda. Watch the Video “When Government Can’t be Trusted”: An expose on how some government agencies are misleading the public and purging scientists who don’t go along with [...]

  There they go again. Recently Congress passed a bill to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.  But instead of focusing on the real driver of our fiscal imbalance, runaway government spending, Congress passed a bill that’s all taxes and no serious spending reductions.  The bill was filled with terrible economic policy from top to bottom.  [...]

  The elections are over; the TV ads and campaigning are finished. The politicians have stopped making promises and drowning us in their rhetoric. Now is the time for citizens to begin working in earnest. As the 2013 legislative session approaches, who will take the time to watch over our representatives as they “work for the people”? This [...]

Right now Republican Speaker John Boehner is proposing a trillion dollar plus tax increase in his “negotiations” with President Obama on a year-end budget deal.  They’re going to claim a “grand bargain” where Republicans cave on taxes and Democrats give in and accept genuine spending cuts.  Sadly, they’re telling the truth about tax increases but playing the [...]

Follow Us! Upcoming Events – Friday, December 14 Georgia- District Office visit with Congressman Rod Woodall in Lawrenceville Georgia- District Office visit with Senator Isakson in Atlanta Tuesday, December 18 New Jersey- Discussion on Eminent Domain in Fort Lee Friday, January 18 New Jersey- Navigating the Dome in Trenton Click here to see our events [...]

Just got off the phone with our Michigan state director, Scott Hagerstrom, and I had to tell you what’s been going on in Lansing, Michigan, for the last few days. Both houses of the Michigan legislature have passed final versions of right-to-work bills—meaning that, if you want a certain job, you don’t have to join [...]

I hope that you enjoyed your Thanksgiving. The lame duck session of Congress is ramping up and important policies for our country are on the line. AFP is announcing a fun new way to get informed about the looming tax hikes and spending reductions.   This year, be among the first to play Americans for [...]

Thank you for your tireless contributions to the fight for freedom. It’s been a long year and not every battle went the way we hoped, but you stood strong and made a difference. Today I want to share a few reflections about our current situation in relation to the pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving. That first Thanksgiving [...]

  Thanks to all of you, AFP as successfully made over 9 million phone calls and knocked on more the 200,000 doors around the country. But we need your help for the last big push.   Due to the overwhelming success we had a full bus leave for Nevada this morning and a request by [...]

Americans for Prosperity has been hard at work the past few months, crisscrossing the nation with 3 buses, stopping in over 300 cities on our Obama’s Failing Agenda Bus Tour! With hundreds of rallies and events, the mission of this tour is to put grassroots pressure on President Obama and his policies that are failing [...]

We’re up against the clock on ObamaCare – and we need your help to end it, once and for all. Supporter, I wanted you to be the first to know that AFP is launching a new project called “Drop ObamaCare” – aimed at making sure Congress commits to ending ObamaCare. We’re letting Washington know that [...]

We’re up against the clock on ObamaCare—and we need your help to end it, once and for all. AFP is launching a new project called “Repeal or Replace”— aimed at making sure Congress commits to ending ObamaCare. We’re letting Washington know that the American people are only giving them two choices: either repeal ObamaCare entirely, [...]