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      February 11, 2015 Public Hearing on the McCutcheon v. FEC Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Commission MeetingsFebruary 11, 2015 Public Hearing on the McCutcheon v. FEC Advance Notice of Proposed RulemakingFebruary 11, 2015 The Commission considers new regulations, advisory opinions and other public matters at open meetings, which are typically held on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. at FEC headquarters, 1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC. Members of the public can attend any open meeting or hearing in person. Open meetings are also streamed live online. To attend in person, please bring a photo ID and be prepared to go through a security check. After security, attendees are escorted to the Commission's hearing room. Please check the meeting page for updates to the agenda, including cancellations. Agenda Wednesday, February 11, 2015 
         |  08:15 AM
 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
        
          Welcome by the Chair and Vice Chairman
      
        8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
        
          Audio for morning sessions
Panel #1

Karen Getman
    Elisabeth MacNamara (League of Women Voters)
        Supplemental information
    Michael Malbin (Campaign Finance Institute)
    John Phillippe Jr. (Republican National Committee)
    Donald Simon (Democracy 21)
    Bradley Smith (Center for Competitive Politics)
      
        9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
        
          Panel #2Richard BriffaultBruce CainCraig Holman (Public Citizen)Mark Schmitt (New America Foundation)Zephyr TeachoutDonald McGahn (Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, Freedom Partners Action Fund)Robert Bauer
      
        10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
        
          Individual witness testimonyPerianne Boring (Chamber of Digital Commerce)Rachel BrewerGlenn ConwaySusan GroganJonathan HoltzmanTerrence ThrweattMatthew WalchuckSai (Make Your Laws PAC)Testimony from members of the public
      
        12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
        
          Lunch break
      
        1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
        
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Panel #3
James Bopp, Jr. (James Madison Center for Free Speech, ProtectMarriage.com)
    Jay Costa (CounterPAC)
    David Mason
    Hans von Spakovsky
        Supplemental information
    Paul Ryan (Campaign Legal Center)
    Daniel Weiner (Brennan Center for Justice)
      
        2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
        
          Panel #4Lisa Gilbert (Public Citizen)Shaun McCutcheon (Coolidge-Reagan Foundation)Stephen Spaulding (Common Cause)Dan Backer (Conservative Action Fund)Brian Svoboda (Perkins Coie LLP)
      
        3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
        
          Panel #5
Heidi Abegg (Our Generation)
    Norm Singleton (Campaign for Liberty)
    Andrew Langer (Institute for Liberty)
    Jeremiah Morgan (Free Speech Coalition, Free Speech Defense and Education Fund, U.S. Justice Foundation)
    Daniel Smith (US PIRG)
    David Williams (Taxpayers Protection Alliance)
      
        4:00 p.m. - TBD
        
          Individual witness testimony
Linda McGregor
Supplemental information
    Adekunle Iroko
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