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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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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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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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Lake Wobegon West
May 13, 2008
Tucked into the farm bill winding its way through Congress is a $175 million earmark to build a lake in the middle of the Nevada desert. Nevada should name this “’Lake Wobegon West’...
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Just Say No to Climate-Tax Hikes
May 13, 2008
The climate-change issue has divided conservatives, with presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain leading the charge for a cap-and-trade energy-rationing scheme and Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe spearheading the opposition — which includes Americans for Prosperity, and most movement conservatives. Building a consensus on the issue looks complicated, but it’s as simple as one word: taxes. We should build from the premise that climate policy must not be used as a cover for raising federal revenue.
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Time for Reform, Not Tax Hikes, Says Americans for Prosperity
May 13, 2008
RICHMOND – The Virginia chapter of the grassroots free-market Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today slammed a plan by Gov. Tim Kaine that would hike taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars each year to address transportation needs. The citizen group called the proposed increases to the motor vehicle sales tax, grantor (real estate transfer) tax, and vehicle registration fees, regressive and unnecessary. AFP is holding 20 town hall meetings at locations around the state to discuss the plan and will be circulating a citizen petition that calls on lawmakers to embrace reform and reject tax hikes.
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Tanker Earmark Won't Fly
May 6, 2008
The Air Force needs a new tanker fleet-in fact the Air Force identified the new KC-45 tanker as its number one procurement priority, because the existing Eisenhower-era tanker fleet needs to be replaced. Unfortunately, this critical military asset has been delayed by an egregious pork-barrel earmark scandal, and, if some members of Congress and the chattering classes have their way, could be derailed once again by the closed door earmark process.
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