Nebraska 2012 Legislative Session

Nebraska 2012 Legislative Session

AFP-Nebraska is working with our over 28,000 grassroots activists across the state to promote limited government and free markets during the 2012 session of the Nebraska Unicameral. We will regularly update this page to share news and analysis from the Legislature.

Click here for regular updates and analysis
Friday, February 3rd 2012
by BradStevens

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Occupy Omaha has pulled out of a debate scheduled for tomorrow between AFP-Nebraska state director Brad Stevens.

We call Occupy Omaha cowards.

How convenient, when the Occupy movement is given the opportunity to publicly describe its agenda - and be forced to explain their actions and extremist beliefs that government should provide free wages, health care and college tuition for everyone - they back out.

If you want media attention and to be in the public spotlight, then have the courage to defend your beliefs.

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Friday, February 3rd 2012
by BradStevens

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Blasting 'giveaways' to one industry as he exhorts Congress to give billions in 'giveaways' to another. Obama is playing flavor of the day with our tax money.

Last week in his State of the Union address, President Obama presented an energy policy that represents more of the same failed attempts to jumpstart the so-called “green sector” by investing more money in risky startups — like Solyndra — which have cost taxpayers millions of dollars already. While Obama claims that the U.S. will fall behind competing for these green jobs, the EPA has done nothing to loosen the stranglehold of regulations that have prevented the mining of rare earth metals needed to produced wind turbines and electric hybrid cars in great quantity.

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Thursday, February 2nd 2012
by BradStevens

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Nebraskans care about School Choice.

Over 100 activists attended AFP-Nebraska's School Choice event in Lincoln last week.

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Today, our college graduates face the highest unemployment rates in history.

American 15-year-olds rank 35th out of 57 industrialized countries in math and literacy.

Americans shouldn’t rank 35th in anything!

We are working to create real choices for students and families and to provide opportunities to expand education options in Nebraska.

One such opportunity is LB 50, legislation that would create tuition assistance for families that choose to send their children to private K-12 schools.

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