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Iowa-based nonprofit American Future Fund is launching a $900,000 television campaign in the districts of 18 Democratic members of Congress who voted in favor of health care reform legislation in November.
The ads decry the “massive spending” and “backroom deals” in the legislation and quote President Barack Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” comments during the 2008 [...]

As political strategists stamp out 2010 game plans, they would do well to keep an eye on Iowa and one former state legislator, according to The Sacramento Bee editor Dan Morain.
The politics of Sandy Greiner, a former Iowa representative and current president of the nonprofit group American Future Fund, will benefit in the wake of [...]

As Iowans like U.S. Rep. Steve King and Des Moines-based American Future Fund rally to his aide, Republican senate candidate Scott Brown is beginning to blur the details.

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., told supporters of his political action committee that he is seriously considering a run for president in 2012.
CNN reports that Santorum, who is scheduled to visit Iowa in March to address the Iowa Christian Alliance in Des Moines, says he doesn’t foresee anyone stepping up to “articulate a conservative [...]

The race for Edward Kennedy’s senate seat in Massachusetts has attracted the attention of numerous Iowa conservatives who have offered assistance to the campaign of Republican Scott Brown, much to the chagrin of Republican Scott Brown.

The Federal Election Commission will hold an open meeting Thursday to discuss a complaint filed by Des Moines-based American Future Fund that seeks to overturn state laws that restrict robo calls.
In October, the group’s political action committee asked the FEC to issue an advisory opinion on whether state laws restricting robo calls should apply, or [...]

Des Moines-based American Future Fund (AFF) is spending $400,000 on an ad to support Republican Scott Brown’s campaign to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
Brown, who in most polls is losing to Democrat Martha Coakley by double digits, is attempting to distance himself from the ad, telling the Associated Press that “I wish [...]

Hawkeye Renewables has filed for for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and essentially turned operations over consortium of lenders, led by Credit Suisse.
The company owns and operates two Iowa ethanol plants, in Iowa Falls and Fairbank, and is a subsidiary of Hawkeye Energy Holdings, a company run by Bruce Rastetter.

Republicans took aim at Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin Tuesday, attacking the $75 million in attorney’s fees awarded as part of the 2007 settlement of an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp.

Tim Albrecht, a veteran Republican strategist and the man behind the conservative news aggregator TheBeanWalker.com, will join the 2010 campaign of former Gov. Terry Branstad as communication director.
In addition to his website, Albrecht has acted as communication director of the conservative group American Future Fund for more than a year. He has also served as [...]