TOPEKA, KAN. – The Kansas chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity commends efforts by Senator Sam Brownback to improve transparency in legislation pending before Congress.

Brownback is a co-sponsor of the 72-Hour Transparency Resolution, which would require all pending Congressional legislation to be posted online and scored by the Congressional Budget Office 72 hours prior to its consideration in a committee or before the full chamber. The rule could be over-ridden in the case of emergency legislation.

TOPEKA – The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas today announced that by mid-week, it is about to surpass 1,000 signatures collected on the Patients First Health Care Petition at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.

The Patients First petition is a project of Americans for Prosperity, and more than 220,000 Americans have signed the online petition to date. It states that “…Congress should oppose any legislation that imposes greater government control over my health care that would mean fewer choices for me and my family …”

TOPEKA, KAN. – The Kansas chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity today commends members of the Sedgwick County Commission for choosing tax relief for the people of Sedgwick County.

The commission has approved its 2010 budget, with a mill levy reduction of .549 mills, bringing the total mill levy below 30 mills. Commissioners also voted to eliminate the county’s taxpayer-funded lobbyist for 2010, which helped trim the budget to below $400 million.

TOPEKA, KAN. – The Kansas chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity commends efforts by Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins to increase transparency and to force members of Congress to recognize the fiscal impact of their votes.

HR 3350, introduced by Jenkins would require passage of a resolution stating the cost analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and stating that the governmental body acknowledges the CBO score, and how that score could affect the deficit and/or national debt.

WICHITA— Healthcare is the focus of another round of tea parties taking place this week across the country. The Kansas chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity will organize a rally this Friday in Wichita.

The Wichita protest, at 11 a.m. Friday, July 17 outside Sen. Sam Brownback’s office (245 N. Waco, Wichita), will be held simultaneously with hundreds of other local tea parties nationwide outside the offices of members of Congress.