American Future Fund scrutinized for ties to ethanol industry

Another day, another Section 501 nonprofit under scrutiny for its political activity. Today The New York Times profiles the American Future Fund, a group that in 2008 backed Sen. Norm Coleman, then a co-chair of a Senate biofuels caucus. AFF does not disclose its donors but was revealed in interviews last week to have been founded with seed money from Iowa businessman Bruce Rastetter, a co-founder and chief executive of Hawkeye Energy Holdings, one of the nation’s larger ethanol companies.

Conservative PAC wants to trump state’s right to ban robocalls

So much for states’ rights: Iowa-based American Future Fund wants the Federal Elections Commission to rule against Minnesota’s long-standing ban on robocalls in order to include Minnesota in its national robocall campaigns, the Star Tribune reports. The group, which…

New American Future Fund ad pressures Peterson over health care

The Iowa-based American Future Fund –  a conservative, free market group that ran ads here last year on behalf of Norm Coleman’s senate candidacy and against that of eventual winner Al Franken — is again…

Secrets of the American Future Fund

Iowa-based conservative advocacy group includes masterminds of Swift Boat and Willie Horton ads

By Jason Hancock, Iowa Independent

A network of Iowa Republicans is playing a leading role in a secretive group advocating nationally on behalf of “conservative and free market ideals” in congressional races around the country. Among the group’s leaders are two media consultants who played key roles in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads in 2004 and the Willie Horton ad in 1988, both of which helped defeat Democratic presidential candidates.

Franken targeted by GOP-aligned advocacy group

The American Future Fund has released a new ad aimed at Al Franken. The spot attacks the senate candidate on illegal immigration and tax issues. “Call Franken, urge him to pay his own taxes before asking you to pay more,”…

Video: The pro-Coleman 527 ad now running in Minnesota

It’s the new Norm, the consensus-building Norm, the I never had sex with that president, Mr. Bush Norm. It’s the work of one “American Future Fund,” an Iowa-based nonprofit of very recent vintage.

American Future Fund, “Norm Coleman–Independent” (:30)