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Americans for Prosperity Ranks House Lawmakers on “Freedom from Foreign Oil” Scorecard
July 24, 2008
WASHINGTON – The grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today released its “Freedom from Foreign Oil” scorecard, which ranks U.S. Representatives based on their support for – or opposition to – policies that would lower gas and energy prices by increasing American supplies and making domestic production less expensive.
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Americans for Prosperity to Unveil House “Freedom from Foreign Oil” Scorecard on Cannon Terrace, Thursday
July 23, 2008
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) will unveil the group’s “Freedom from Foreign Oil Scorecard,” which ranks U.S. Representatives based on their support for – or opposition to – policies that would lower gas and energy prices by increasing American supplies and making domestic production less expensive. The group will name 213 House lawmakers as “Friends of Foreign Oil” and deliver t-shirts bearing the OPEC flag to the House leadership and 155 lawmakers that received zero percent scores on the ranking.
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Hundreds to Convene in Austin, TX for Summit Focused on Strengthening Conservative Online Activism, July 18
July 15, 2008
WASHINGTON – Online activists and high-profile bloggers from coast-to-coast will converge on Austin, Texas, for a summit focused on taxes, spending, and strengthening the conservative online activist community. The grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is leading up a coalition of groups to organize RightOnline, which aims to establish a conservative counter-weight to the left’s web 2.0 community.
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The EPA’s Blueprint for Disaster
July 11, 2008
AFP policy director Phil Kerpen's frightening analysis of EPA's blueprint, officially released today, for reordering the entire U.S. economy by twisting the 1970 Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases.
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Gore Finds Hot Air Balloon Fly-Over of Nashville-Area Mansion an "Inconvenient Truth"
June 21, 2008
NASHVILLE – At the last moment, Nashville Metro Parks and Recreation Department officials revoked a permit for the free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity to launch and fly a hot-air balloon over Al Gore’s Nashville-area mansion. The “mysterious” decision was handed down days after an article was published by The Tennessean in which Al Gore’s spokeswoman said they were “looking into whether the balloon launch violated any local ordinances.”
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Americans for Prosperity Says GAO Tanker Report Shows Process Works
June 18, 2008
In light of a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), AFP noted that the merit-based tanker procurement process, including protest and GAO review, is a robust process that does not require politicized interference from Congress...
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Nationwide Hot Air Balloon Tour to Expose Economic Costs of Global Warming Alarmism in Six More States
June 12, 2008
WASHINGTON – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today announced it will begin the second leg of its nationwide hot air balloon tour on June 17, highlighting the economic consequences of so-called global warming “solutions” with seven events in six states.
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Americans for Prosperity Calls Cap-and-Trade Defeat a “Great Victory” but Vows to Continue Grassroots Campaign Against $1.2 Trillion Climate Tax Hike
June 8, 2008
WASHINGTON – The grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) hailed today’s rejected of the $1.2 trillion Lieberman-Warner climate tax hike bill as a great victory, but pledged to continue to ramp up the group’s grassroots campaign against a cap-and-trade scheme. AFP President Tim Phillips issued the following statement today:
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Nationwide Hot Air Balloon Tour to Stop in S.C., Ga., Fla., Ala., Tenn., and Ohio
June 3, 2008
Americans for Prosperity's nationwide hot air balloon tour will visit six more states from June 17th through June 21st, making stops in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, and Ohio.
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Stop the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act
June 3, 2008
A vote on the Lieberman-Warner bill, which is expected sometime this week or next, will be considered an AFP Key Vote for Prosperity. The Key Vote letter that we're sending to every Senator is below.
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