Comments on Political Committee Status - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2004)
On March 11, 2004, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Political Committee Status. Comments that were submitted by witnesses testifying at the hearing in response to that notice appear below. For more information on
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Comments That Were Submitted by Witnesses Testifying at the April 2004 Hearing
- Nan Aron, President, Alliance for Justice
- Jan Baran, Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, on behalf of Chamber of Commerce of the United States
- 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
- David Bossie, President, Citizens United
- Richard Clair, Corporate Counsel, National Right to Work Committee
- Judith Corley, Perkins Coie LLP, on behalf of American Coming Together
- Edward Foley, Professor of Law, Ohio State University
- Laurence Gold, Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO
- Wade Henderson, Executive Director, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
- Craig Holman, Legislative Counsel, Public Citizen
- Marv Johnson, Legislative Counsel, ACLU
- Michael Kink, Legislative Counsel, Housing Works, Inc.
- William Kirk, Board Member, Congressional Black Caucus Political Education & Leadership Institute
- Margaret McCormick, Counsel, National Education Association
- Elliot Mincberg, Vice President, General Counsel & Legal and Education Director, People for the American Way
- Cleta Mitchell, Foley & Lardner
- Greg Moore, Executive Director, NAACP National Voter Fund
- J. Ward Morrow, Assistant General Counsel, American Federation of Government Employees
- Lawrence Noble, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics
- Walter Olson, Free Speech Coalition, Inc.
- Bill Piper, Interim Director of National Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance
- John Pomeranz, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg LLP
- Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club
- Trevor Potter, Chair and General Counsel, Campaign Legal Center
- Joseph Sandler, Sandler Reiff & Young PC, on behalf of MoveOn.org
- Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- Donald Simon, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLC, on behalf of Democracy 21
- Donald Tobin, Assistant Professor of Law, Ohio State University
- Michael Trister, Lichtman, Trister & Ross, PLLC
- Lyn Utrecht, Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon, on behalf of Media Fund
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