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Americans for Prosperity Foundation to Hold Woodstock Town Hall Meeting with Virginia Lawmakers, Nov. 17
November 14, 2008
WOODSTOCK - Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) will host a town hall meeting in Woodstock on Nov. 17 with Senator Mark Obenshain and Delegate Todd Gilbert to talk about key legislative issues for the 2009 General Assembly. The format will allow a question and answer session among citizens and lawmakers.
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Americans for Prosperity Responds to Election Results
November 6, 2008
"There will be many battles to wage for free-market principles in the upcoming months, but we will find common ground with Obama on tax cuts, earmark reform, and greater transparency and accountability in government spending.
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AFP Virginia 2008 Highlight Video
October 21, 2008
Check out a compilation video of AFP Virginia's 2008 accomplishments that was shown at the 2008 Defending the American Dream Summit.
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Americans for Prosperity Says McDonnell Budget Cuts Set Him Apart From Spend-Crazy State Government
September 26, 2008
RICHMOND – The 13,000-strong Virginia chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today praised Attorney General Bob McDonnell’s decision to cut his general fund budget by 9.1 percent. The move creates momentum for other elected officials to follow McDonnell’s lead, AFP Virginia Director Ben Marchi said today.
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Free-Market Citizen Group Says Biden’s “No Coal for America” Approach Would Result in Lost Jobs, Even Higher Energy Prices
September 25, 2008
RICHMOND – The Virginia chapter of the free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today called U.S. Senator Joe Biden’s pledge of “No coal plants here in America!” out of touch with the concerns of average Virginians. Video footage surfaced today that showed Senator Biden telling an environmentalist he wants “no coal plants here in America.” This comment was a complete “about-face” from comments Sen. Biden made at the United Mine Workers Fish Fry just days ago in Castlewood, VA where he praised the possibilities of coal.
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“Let the American Energy Ban Expire!” Says Americans for Prosperity at Capitol Hill Rally
September 18, 2008
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Capitol Hill can deliver a victory over the current Congressional ban on energy exploration by “doing nothing,” the grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) said at its Capitol Hill news conference today. House and Senate lawmakers joined AFP to send that strong message at the two-week-mark in the countdown to American Energy Freedom Day – the October 1st expiration date of the current Congressional ban on offshore drilling and oil shale recovery.
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Sarah Palin stood against the Bridge to Nowhere. Why didn’t Obama and Biden?
September 11, 2008
AFP policy director Phil Kerpen recounts the history of the Bridge to Nowhere.
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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 Applauds Bipartisan Rejection of Gas Tax Hike
July 11, 2008
RICHMOND – The Virginia chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP-VA) today applauded the House of Delegates for its bipartisan decision to kill a 33 percent gas tax hike sponsored by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw (Fairfax).
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AFP Launches Statewide Radio Ad Blitz to Kill Proposed Gas Tax Hike
July 2, 2008
RICHMOND – The Virginia chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP-VA) today launched a statewide radio ad effort to mobilize thousands of citizens against tax increases supported by Governor Tim Kaine and the State Senate Democrats. Specifically, the AFP-VA ad encourages voters who are concerned about these uncertain economic times and already rising energy costs to call Governor Kaine’s office and tell him to veto any bill that contains a tax increase.
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