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The '''Free Enterprise Fund''' describes itself as "the preeminent lobbying force , a Section [[501(c)(4)]] organization based in Washington , DC, was founded in January 2005 following a rift in the [[Club for the passage of legislation that will promote economic growthGrowth]] by [[Stephen Moore]], lower taxeswho was "privately ousted" in December 2004 as Club for Growth president, and limited government"some prominent" Club for Growth "members including [[Arthur B.Laffer]], a board member, along with [[Mallory Factor]], a businessman,"David E. Kirkpatrick [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/08/politics/08club.html?ex=1278475200&en=743088c03a7a3614&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss reported] in the July 8, 2005, ''New York Times''.
The Fund [http://www.freeenterprisefund.org/mission.php describes] itself as "the preeminent [[lobbying]] force in Washington for the passage of legislation that will promote economic growth, lower taxes, and limited government." "The Fund advances these economic legislative goals through a variety of means: running TV and radio issue advertising campaigns, providing timely and tactical policy guidance to members of Congress, and publishing white papers with strategic game plans on vital economic and fiscal issues," it states on it website. [http://www.freeenterprisefund.org/mission.phpwebsite].
==Personnel==
===Articles & Commentary===
*Peter Roff, [http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050106-020039-3196r.htm That's Politics! column], UPI (''Washington Times''), January 6, 2005: Economist Stephen Moore, "president of the politically influential [[Club for Growth]] ... is moving on to start a new group, The Free Enterprise Fund, a grass-roots organization that will build support for the Bush White House initiatives to kill the so-called death tax, reform Social Security through the creation of private accounts, repeal the capital-gains tax and enact commonsense legal reforms to curtail outrageous lawsuit judgments that impose millions in costs to the U.S. economy each year."
*[http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=printfriendly&id=2632 Statement] of [[Lawrence A. Hunter]], Ph.D. Vice President and Chief Economist, Free Enterprise Fund and Senior Research Fellow, [[Institute for Policy Innovation]], Testimony Before the Full Committee of the House Committee on Ways and Means, May 12, 2005.
*[http://dailydelay.blogspot.com/2005/05/ask-free-enterprise-fund.html "Ask Free Enterprise Fund...,"] ''Daily DeLay'', May 18, 2005: "'The Free Enterprise Fund (a [[right-wing]] group directed by CNBC's Larry Kudlow and supply-side hack Jack Kemp) has purchased 'well over $100,000' in television ads to defend Tom Delay. They say the ads will target the 'liberal media and government' who 'have been attacking free market principles and DeLay,' a great supporter of those principles." re [[Thomas D. DeLay]].
*David D. Kirkpatrick, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/08/politics/08club.html?ex=1278475200&en=743088c03a7a3614&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "Leadership Dispute Causes a Split in a Powerhouse of Fund-Raising for Conservative Causes,"] ''New York Times'', July 8, 2005.
*[http://news.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20051026/26oct20051551.html "Free Enterprise Fund National Policy Summit,"] PR Newswire (FindLaw), October 26, 2005.
*Elana Schor, [http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/122005/news4.html "Earle may bite back on Rottweiler ad,"] ''The Hill'', December 20, 2005.
*[http://dailydelay.blogspot.com/2005/12/free-enterprise-fund-to-fight-earle.html "Free Enterprise Fund to Fight Earle Subpoenas,"] ''Daily DeLay'', December 20, 2005: Former U.S. Solicitor General [[Theodore B. Olson]] "is heading the Fund’s legal team."