printer friendly version
Listening Lounge: Hearing on tribes and campaign act
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
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
Related Stories:
Tom Cole on the 'warpath' for political
donations (2/6)
Human Events: Closing the tribal donation
'loophole' (2/6)
Campbell says
Abramoff shouldn't stop lobbying (2/3)
Tex Hall worried Abramoff scandal may hurt tribes
(2/3)
Tribal political donation
'loophole' on the radar (2/2)
Tribal
political donations at issue in Washington (1/31)
Republicans seek to close tribal donation
'loophole' (1/31)
Pombo has accepted more
than $500K from tribes (1/30)
Bush won't
release photos he took with Abramoff (1/27)
Tim Johnson: Don't tar tribes with Abramoff scandal
(1/24)
McCain: A 'bipartisan' scandal in
Washington (1/23)
Reform, gaming on
agenda for members of Congress (1/20)
NIGA shies from Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal
(1/19)
Bush mum on Abramoff contacts
with White House (1/18)
Abramoff scandal
claims another casualty (1/16)
Abramoff
scandal a hot topic at gaming conference (1/13)
Abramoff pleads guilty in Washington lobbying
scandal (01/04)
Burns to return $150K in
Abramoff donations (12/16)
Bush
discusses Abramoff tribal lobbying scandal (12/15)
McCain set to introduce lobbying reforms
(12/15)
Coushatta Tribe made $330K in
donations on same day (12/7)
McCain
expects 'lots' of indictments over Abramoff (12/5)
Changes in tribal lobbying tactics discussed
(12/5)
Dorgan vows to continue Abramoff
lobbying probe (11/29)
Another Texas
tribe involved in lobbying scandal (11/28)
Inside the BIA, according to Jack Abramoff
(11/24)
Plea deal raises more questions
about scandal (11/24)
Plea deal raises
more questions about scandal (11/22)
Scanlon free to cooperate in lobbying probe
(11/22)
Scanlon pleads guilty in lobbying
probe (11/21)
Abramoff lobbying inquiry
far from over (11/18)
Jack Abramoff
lobbying probe touches DOI (10/26)
Pombo
has received $90K from tribes this year (10/20)
Pombo collected $40K from tribes so far this
year (04/25)
FEC ruling separates tribes
from their businesses (03/14)
Pombo took
$5K from tribe with bill before committee (07/19)
Pombo accepts money from tribes, tribal
lobbyists (06/22)
Copyright © 2000-2006 Indianz.Com