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News Release Contact:  Sara Haimowitz, 413-341-3166 sara@prosperousamerica.org CPA holds Successful Fly In on Trade Policy Members of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) visited over seventy (70) Congressional offices last week during CPA’s annual Washington DC Fly In.  CPA urged Congress to vote on “The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act” (HR 639) and [...]

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Policy Statement: CPA Board Top Priority. Vote “no” on South Korea, Colombia, Panama trade agreements October 11, 2011 The CPA Board of Directors has existing policy opposing, as a top prioirity, the pending trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.  The vote will enter our Congressional Trade Grade calculus. “Top priority” means the vote [...]

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New Release October 7, 2011 Dayton, OH ~  Over one hundred twenty (120) leaders gathered in Dayton today to discuss how to revitalize American production, grow the economy and create jobs.  Attendees included representatives from government economic development agencies and councils, manufacturing, accounting, labor and agriculture.  After a long deliberative process, the Greater Dayton economic [...]

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September 20, 2011 Rootstown, OH ~ A heavily attended economic summit in Rootstown, Ohio resulted in over 170 local leaders agreeing that trade reform and tax reform were the number one priorities for creating jobs and economic growth.  The Northeast Ohio Economic Summit on the Revitalization of Manufacturing was held yesterday at the NEOMED Conference [...]

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September 7, 2011 The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) announced today that a record number of co-sponsors have signed on to the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2011 (HR 639).  Two hundred and one (201) House members from both parties now co-sponsor this truly bi-partisan bill, which is more than any prior [...]

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Congress passed, and the President signed, a bill called the COMPETES Act in the 111th Congress. The Act requires the Department of Commerce to create:

a national 10-year strategy to strengthen the innovative and competitive capacity of the Federal Government, State and local governments, United States institutions of higher education, and the private sector of the United States.

CPA sent the following letter, today, to the Department of Commerce on this national economic strategy.  Our ultimate focus was for America to achieve net exports.  A PDF copy of the letter is here.

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Contact: Sara Haimowitz, 413-341-3166, sara@prosperousamerica.org Coalition for a Prosperous America
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March 11, 2010

CPA Members Advocate National Trade Strategy to 80 Congressional Offices

Members of Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) delivered a balanced trade message to over 80 House and Senate offices this week.  On March 9 and 10, our members told Congress to refocus their efforts on developing a national trade strategy, passing a currency manipulation bill, and opposing a harmful trade agreement with Korea.

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February 22, 2011

Contact: Michael Stumo, 413.854.2580

CPA Welcomes Ian Fletcher as Senior Economist

The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) is pleased to announce that Ian Fletcher will become a Senior Economist for the organization.  Fletcher is an economist and author focusing on international trade policy.

“CPA is pleased to have Ian on board,” said Michael Stumo, CEO of CPA.  “Our members and supporters know that current trade policy is broken.  It produces more harm than good.  Ian has not only detailed why free trade cannot benefit the U.S. in theory or practice, he has proposed extremely solid economic policy alternatives designed to produce prosperity.”

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February 10, 2011 CPA News Release CPA Applauds Filing of Currency Manipulation Bills The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) wants to alert its supporters and friends that Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and U.S. Representatives Sander Levin (D-MI), Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Tim Ryan (D-OH) today introduced the Currency Reform for [...]

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December 21, 2010

CPA News Release

Contact: Michael Stumo, 413.854.2580

The Colorado Chapter of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) held a successful community event, “A Rising Tide”, at the Flying Horse Club in Colorado Springs last Wednesday, December 15, 2010.  A special guest from the 18th Century, Ben Franklin (Christopher Lowell), also attended to address the crowd.

Ben Franklin addresses Colorado CPA’s "A Rising Tide"

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