Subject: [EL] Panel at SPSA
From: "R. Sam Garrett" <RGARRETT@crs.loc.gov>
Date: 12/30/2010, 10:45 AM
To: "electionlawprof@list.law.capital.edu" <electionlawprof@list.law.capital.edu>, "election-law@mailman.lls.edu" <election-law@mailman.lls.edu>

Dear colleagues:
 
Please forgive the impersonal nature of this e-mail and any cross-postings you might receive.  For those of you planning to attend the upcoming Southern Political Science Association meeting, I thought you might be interested in the following roundtable session.  We hope to have a lively discussion and will be sure to save time for audience questions. 
 
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
 
Sincerely,
 
Sam Garrett
 
 
The 2010 Congressional Elections:
 
Exploring Money and Political Advertising
 
A Roundtable Discussion
 
Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting
 
January 6, 2011
 
3:00-4:30 p.m.
 
New Orleans
 
(please check conference program for final details)
 
Participants will include:
 
    * R. Sam Garrett (Congressional Research Service*; chair and organizer) 
 
    * Bob Biersack (Federal Election Commission; panelist)
 
    * Victoria A Farrar-Myers (University of Texas-Arlington; panelist)  
 
    * Paul Herrnson (University of Maryland, College Park; panelist)
 
    * Raymond J. La Raja (University of Massachusetts; panelist)
 
    * John Samples (Cato Institute; panelist)
 
    * Evan Tracey (Kantar Media Intelligence, CMAG; panelist)
 
Abstract:
 
The 2011 Southern Political Science Association annual meeting presents one of the first major opportunities for scholars to gather and explore the 2010 congressional elections. This roundtable panel seeks to foster that discussion. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, some observers predicted that the 2010 congressional elections, and others, would feature a flood of previously prohibited corporate and union spending supporting and opposing political candidates. Others contended that corporations and unions would choose to remain on the sidelines or work through political action committees. This roundtable discussion, featuring a mix of prominent scholars and practitioners, will emphasize how money and political advertising emerged at the federal level in 2010 and what role corporate and union sources appear to have played. It will also consider what questions and data sources remain unclear, and what will be necessary to improve our understanding of this new dynamic in American politics in the future.
 
* This event is not a Congressional Research Service (CRS) program.  The views expressed are not necessarily those of CRS, any other government agency, or the panelists’ employing institutions.
 
 
R. Sam Garrett, Ph.D.
Analyst in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-7470
Tel. (202) 707-6443

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