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Listening Lounge: Hearing on tribes and campaign act
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
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Witness List/Testimony |
Webcast
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held an oversight hearing this morning on tribes and the
Federal Election Campaign Act. The following witnesses testified:
• Introduction - 3:43 - 872kb
Panel I
• Testimony - 23:18 - 5.3MB |
Q&A - 31:03 - 7.1MB
MR. MICHAEL E. TONER, Chairman, Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC
MR. ROBERT E. LENHARD, Vice Chairman, Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC
MR. PHILIP N. HOGEN, Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington, DC
Panel II
Testimony - 20:59 - 4.8MB |
Q&A - 27:58 - 6.4MB
THE HONORABLE W. RON ALLEN, Treasurer, National Congress of American Indian, Washington, DC
MR. LARRY NOBLE, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics, Washington, DC
PROFESSOR JAMES THURBER, Director, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University, Washington, DC
The hearing starts at 9:30am in Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Building. It will be broadcast online at
http://indian.senate.gov.
Federal Elections Commission Opinions:
Advisory Opinion
1999-32 (January 28, 2000) |
Advisory Opinion
2000-05 (May 15, 2000) |
Advisory Opinion
2005-01 (March 14, 2005)
More Advisory Opinion 2005-01 Documents:
Advisory
Opinion Draft A and Draft B |
Tribe's Request
for Advisory Opinion
Relevant Links:
Federal Election Commission -
http://www.fec.govPoliticalMoneyLine -
http://www.politicalmoneyline.comCenter
for Responsive Politics -
http://www.opensecrets.org
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