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Public Hearing on Political Committee Status Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
On March 11, 2004, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on
Political Committee Status. For more information on this rulemaking go to Recent and Ongoing Rulemaking/Regulations (Federal
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Schedule & Comments
The names of each witness are linked to their comments. These documents
are in PDF format which requires the free Acrobat Reader available from Adobe Systems.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
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Opening Statements
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9:30 am. – 11:15 a.m.
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Panel I
Jan Baran, Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, on behalf of Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
Laurence Gold, Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO
Donald Simon, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLC, on
behalf of Democracy 21
William Kirk, Board Member, Congressional Black Caucus Political Education & Leadership Institute |
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.
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Break
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Panel II
Nan Aron, President, Alliance
for Justice
Richard Clair, Corporate Counsel, National Right to Work Committee
Craig Holman, Legislative Counsel, Public Citizen |
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
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Lunch Break
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1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
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Panel III
Edward Foley, Professor of Law,
Ohio State University
John Pomeranz, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg LLP
Donald Tobin, Assistant Professor of Law, Ohio State University
Michael Trister, Lichtman, Trister & Ross, PLLC |
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Break
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3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
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Panel IV
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Wade Henderson, Executive Director, Leadership Conference on Civil
Rights
Greg Moore, Executive Director, NAACP National Voter Fund
J. Ward Morrow, Assistant
General Counsel, American Federation of Government Employees |
Thursday, April 15, 2004
9:30 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.
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Opening Remarks
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9:35 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
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Panel V
Robert Bauer, Perkins Coie
LLP, on behalf of American Coming Together
James Bopp, Jr., Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, on behalf of Focus on
Family, Inc, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., National Right to
Life Educational Trust Fund, National Right to Life PAC, Susan B.
Anthony List, Inc. and SBA List Candidate Fund
Cleta Mitchell, Foley & Lardner
Lawrence Noble, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics
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11:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
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Break
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11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
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Panel VI
Margaret McCormick,
Counsel, National Education Association
Trevor Potter, Chair and General Counsel, Campaign Legal Center
Joseph Sandler, Sandler Reiff & Young PC, on behalf of MoveOn.org
Lyn Utrecht, Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon, on behalf of Media
Fund |
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Lunch Break
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2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
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Panel VII
Michael Kink,
Legislative Counsel, Housing Works, Inc.
Walter Olson, Free Speech Coalition, Inc.
Bill Piper, Interim Director of National Affairs, Drug Policy
Alliance
Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform
Judaism |
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Break
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3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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Panel VIII
Marv Johnson,
Legislative Counsel, ACLU
Elliot Mincberg, Vice President, General Counsel & Legal and
Education Director, People for the American Way
Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club
Kay Guinane, Counsel & Manager, OMB Watch |
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