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AFP Patients First Health Care Rally
Patients First, a project of AFP, is joined by Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory at a rally against Government Run Health Care in North Carolina.
AFP Pres. Tim Phillips Discusses Card Check on Glenn Beck
AFP President Tim Phillips joins Glenn Beck to discuss the Card Check provision being pulled from the Employee Free Choice Act. However, now Congress is replacing it with another terrible provision which calls for a Fast Track Election.
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Looking at what’s happening these days in Washington, D.C., can be somewhat discouraging. The big-government, big-tax, big-deficit, big-spending types have taken control. It seems like every day we hear of a new proposal that threatens the financial well-being of generations to come.
READ MOREGov. Rick Perry is right. Last week, he called the so-called “cap and trade” legislation the largest tax increase in history.
The bill sponsored by Waxman-Markey, has passed the House by a narrow vote on June 26 (219 to 212) had 8 Republicans voting for the bill (none from Texas) and 44 Democrats voting against the bill (some from Texas.)*
READ MOREThe Left demagogues free trade policies, claiming they offshore jobs and siphon American wealth. However, an international carbon offset provision in the Waxman-Markey energy bill could cost the nation millions of jobs and billions of dollars. An offset is a project that reduces, avoids or sequesters greenhouse gas emissions.
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U.S. Senate Votes to Fund Climate Czar Carol Browne on Party Lines
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The U.S. Senate today voted 57-41 to table an amendment to the Interior Appropriations bill that would have prohibited any funds appropriated under the bill from being used to carry out the policies and directives of White House Climate Czar Carol Browner.
Americans for Prosperity Director of Policy Phil Kerpen issued the following statement:
READ MOREIn voting to keep White House Climate Czar Carol Browner funded, the Senate voted to allow a hard-left ideologue to continue to drive U.S. policy. Even worse, the Senate undermined its own constitutional right to exercise advice and consent by allowing an unaccountable White House staff czar to exert unchecked influence on energy policies.
