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Drilling down on the drill ban
August 27, 2008
AFP's Phil Kerpen makes the case for President Bush using the veto to protect American Energy Freedom Day and secure his legacy in the Washington Times.
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Take Action: EPA Moves to Regulate our Entire Way of Life
August 26, 2008
The EPA is asking for public comments on its intention to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, something the Act was never designed to do. We need your voice to be heard.
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No Compromise on Oil Drilling
August 5, 2008
AFP Policy Director Phil Kerpen explains that a full victory on offshore drilling and oil shale is now less than two months away and now is no time to compromise.
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Americans for Prosperity Says Obama’s Proposed Energy Tax Hike Will “Worsen Our Dangerous Dependence on Foreign Oil”
August 1, 2008
Americans for Prosperity today said that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s proposal to impose a massive new “windfall profits” tax on American energy companies will only raise the cost of American energy and worsen our dangerous dependence on foreign oil...
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Coalition Representing Millions of Grassroots Citizens Urges Congress to Allow Drilling Moratorium to Expire
July 31, 2008
WASHINGTON – A coalition of more than three dozen citizen groups collectively representing millions of grassroots activists, consumers, investors and retirees, today sent an open letter to the U.S. Senate and House, urging lawmakers to allow the current restrictions on much-needed American energy resources to expire as scheduled under current law, even if that requires sustaining a veto of so-called must-pass spending legislation.
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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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