Feb. 2016 article
2/4/2016, "Colorado AFP credited for rise of Republicans in Colorado Senate," Denver Post, John Frank
"The top Republican lawmaker in
Colorado on Thursday credited a political advocacy group funded by the
conservative Koch brothers with the GOP takeover in the state Senate.
“I can tell you this,” Senate
President Bill Cadman told an Americans for Prosperity rally at the
Capitol, “I don’t think I would be the president of the Senate if it
wasn’t for the efforts you and yours did over the previous elections.
And we look forward to continuing our partnership with you.”
The 2014 election gave
Republicans control of the Senate — by a narrow 18-17 majority — for
the first time in a decade. Cadman applauded the AFP activists gathered
at the even for knocking on doors and talking to their neighbors about
state policy issues....
Americans for Prosperity is an influential organization in Colorado, where it works as part of a nationwide network funded by billionaires Charles and David Koch to advocate conservative political policies.
A number of lawmakers attended the
Colorado AFP rally in the Capitol, including Reps. Paul Lundeen, Gordon
Klingenschmitt, Janak Joshi, Tim Leonard and Kevin Van Winkle, and Sens.
John Cooke, Laura Woods and Kevin Lundberg.
AFP Colorado director Michael Fields
said the organization is getting more involved at the legislative level
this year to “give voice to people not represented by special
interests.”
The group’s “6 for ‘16” agenda calls
for protecting the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights; holding the state’s health
exchange accountable; blocking President Barack Obama’s new carbon
emission standards in the Clean Power Plan; defending the state’s oil
and gas industry by opposing fracking bans; shifting more money to the
state’s public charter schools; and repealing the tax on business
personal property."
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