Americans for Prosperity

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• Phil Kerpen discusses Pork Barrel 'Stimulus' Projects on Fox and Friends
  

  Phil Kerpen discusses the wasteful spending projects in the 'Stimulus' package including $700,000 to develop joke telling software.

  
  
  
• AFP to Launch At-Home Phone Bank Wednesday to Inform Fellow Taxpayers Where Politicians Stand on Key Issues
  

  As the political climate changes at a rapid pace in Congress and in the mainstream media, grassroots activists can keep their fellow citizens informed on the issue positions of local politicians with AFP’s At-Home Freedom Phone Bank. Starting Wednesday, Sept. 8, AFP’s 1.5 million activists will be encouraged to “phone for freedom,” calling citizens about big government policies and the politicians who support them.

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• Lame Duck One-Stop Shop
  

  AFP has been on the forefront of stopping the lame duck session of Congress and exposing elected officials who want to ignore the will of voters and pass controversial laws in a mad rush before the new Congress is seated in January.

  Legislation such as cap-and-trade, card check, union pension bailouts, and enormous tax hikes have repeatedly been rejected by citizens, yet there many in Washington who want to sneak these horrible policies through after the voters have spoken. Below is a series of articles, clips, and quotes that detail what bills Congress may try to pass during the lame duck session and what we can do to stop it.

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• Valvo on Daily Caller: Putting REINS on executive power
  

  Americans are demanding major changes in the way Washington operates, but while the heat is on Congress, more power than ever resides in the executive agencies. That means making government more accountable will require a redesign of the federal regulatory rulemaking process, which currently serves as a shield that allows laws to be made in an unaccountable and unchecked fashion — out of public view and insulated from voters. This must end.

  Unfortunately, many actors in the policymaking process — from Congress and the president, to K Street lobbyists and trade associations — prefer that the big decisions be made by bureaucrats in the executive branch.

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• Phone for Freedom, Make a Difference
  

  How committed are we to taking our nation in a different direction?

  Will we give our most precious resource -- our time -- to the cause of freedom?

  I'm asking you to do just that -- and what I'm asking you to do can be done from your home on your own time.

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• A Weekend to Remember with Glenn Beck and AFP
  

  Update from AFP President Tim Phillips

  Michele Bachmann had finished her speech to our 2,500-plus activists on Friday night at AFP Foundation's 4th annual Defending the American Dream Summit.  The crowd was still roaring. CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES AND FOOTAGE
  

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• Defending the American Dream Summit Wrap Up
  

  Americans for Prosperity Foundation just wrapped up the fourth annual Defending the American Dream Summit yesterday with a great day at Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally.

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• 2010 Defending the American Summit kicks off in Washington, DC
  

  
  2010 Defending the American Dream Summit, day one

  AFP Foundation's fourth annual Defending the American Dream Summit is off to a roaring start! Tomorrow we will be at Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" event. Take a look at our pictures from day one above!

  
  
  
• Another stimulus? Kerpen debates it on Kudlow Report
  

  http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1576455824&play=1

  
  
  
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation Launches New TV Ad: “Wasteful Government Spending Hurts Small Business”
  

  $1.4 million TV ad buy runs in 13 media markets and features small business owner
  

  A new television ad will run in four states and 13 media markets beginning Thursday, August 26, to educate citizens about the straining effects of wasteful government spending on small businesses. To view the ad, click here.

  The ad states that small businesses create two-thirds of new jobs in America, “but at every turn, Washington is making it harder for small business to succeed.”

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• Fight Back Against Obama's Attacks
  

  Update from AFP President Tim Phillips

  Recently I told you about President Obama's shrill, negative attack on AFP and our 1.2 million grassroots activists - folks like yourself.

  In case you missed it, you can hear an audio recording of the President's attack in AFP's new Internet ad below:

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• Kerpen Discusses Economy and Lame Duck on CBN
  

  http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/finance/2010/August/Recovery-Fears-Rise-with-Plunging-Home-Sales/

  
  
  
• Spending Revolt Tour - Wausau, Wisconsin
  

  
  
  We had another big Spending Revolt bus tour event in Wausau, Wisconsin yesterday. Check out the scene at the nascar short track!

  
  
  
• FOX Forum: Alaska Primary Shows That Energy Taxes Can Be Toxic
  

  Joe Miller has a narrow lead over Sen. Lisa Murkowski in a surprising Alaska Senate primary. If the absentee ballots break hard for Murkowski she may narrowly escape, but at the moment it looks at least as likely that Miller will pull the upset. If he does, Murkowski’s support for energy taxes may be one of the major reasons.

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• Mark Kirk Promises to Stop Lame Duck Threat
  

  Mark Kirk gets it exactly right on lame duck. Delaware and West Virginia are in the same situation. Will candidates there promise to stop the lame duck threat?

  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

  We recently wrote about the importance of Illinois for the lame duck in the State Journal-Register.

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