Nov 17, 2004 -- Post-Election Conference: Voting Issues & Campaign Finance Recap

Post-Election Conference: Voting Issues & Campaign Finance Recap

American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, the Campaign Legal Center and the Reform Institute hosted a post-election conference on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at the St. Regis Hotel on campaign finance developments in the 2004 election, presidential public funding and the reform agenda for the next Congress.

Event Agenda:

9 AM: Welcome : Trevor Potter

9:15 AM : Panel I: Campaign Finance Developments in the 2004 Election
Panelists include:
Tom Mann , Brookings Institution (moderator)
Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute
Tony Corrado, Colby College
David Magleby, Brigham Young University

10:15 AM : Panel II: Presidential Public Funding and the 2004 Election
Panelists include:
Don Simon , counsel to Democracy 21 (moderator)
Michael Malbin , Campaign Finance Institute
Commissioner Michael Toner, Federal Election Commission
Mike Petro, Committee for Economic Development
Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen

11:00 AM : Panel III: The Reform Agenda for the Next Congress
Panelists include:
Trevor Potter , Campaign Legal Center (moderator)
Fred Wertheimer , Democracy 21
Larry Noble , Center for Responsive Politics
Charles Kolb, Committee for Economic Development
Frances Hill , University of Miami School of Law

Conference Handouts Include:

Overview of Federal-Oriented 527 Committees (2004 Cycle)

Top 25 Individual donors to Federal-Oriented 527 Committees (2004 Cycle)

National Party Finances (Pre-Election)

527 Fact Sheet

Democracy 21 Report: Campaign Finance Successes and Problems in the 2004 Elections

CFI's Wrap-Up Analysis of Primary Funding

CFI Release: Distinguished Task Force Recommends Revamping Public Financing of Presidential Primaries