April 14-15, 2004 Public Hearing on Political Committee Status
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Agenda
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 through Thursday, April 15, 2004 | 09:00 AM
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 | 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Opening Statements
9:30 am. – 11:15 a.m. 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 (Additional comments)
- Donald Simon, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLC, on behalf of Democracy 21 (Additional comments)
- William Kirk, Board Member, Congressional Black Caucus Political Education & Leadership Institute
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 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. Lunch Break
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. 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. Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. 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
- Jan Baran, Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, on behalf of Chamber of Commerce of the United States
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Thursday, April 15, 2004 | 9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:35 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. 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
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- Cleta Mitchell, Foley & Lardner
- Lawrence Noble, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics
11:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 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. Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. 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. Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 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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