Website www.empowertexans.com Headquarters Austin | President Michael Quinn Sullivan Type of business 501(c)(4) nonprofit | |
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Purpose To promote free-market principles in Texas Affiliations Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Empower Texans Foundation Similar Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Eagle Forum, FreedomWorks, American Conservative Union, Texas Medical Association Profiles | ||
Empower Texans is a nonprofit organization focused on promoting free market principles in Texas. It is affiliated with Texans for Fiscal Responsibility and the Empower Texans Foundation. Empower Texans is based in Austin with operations in Dallas, Houston and Midland. Michael Quinn Sullivan serves as the organization's president.
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Empower Texans focuses on fiscal conservatism by supporting lower taxes and spending restraint. Through its project Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Empower Texans publishes an annual Fiscal Responsibility Index, which is a scorecard the group uses to grade legislators according to how well they protect the interests of taxpayers; and a Taxpayer Pledge, which is signed by lawmakers who promise not to raise taxes.
In January 2015, Empower Texans launched a project called “Texas Scorecard.” Texas Scorecoard is a print and online publication of the organization’s expanded news section. The publication’s managing editor is Morgan Williamson. The print version features content from Empower Texans’ website as well as other conservative, Texas-based organizations.
2016 endorsements
Empower Texans made the following endorsements for the November 2016 general election: