CED, nonpartisan organization of business leaders, to release Zogby Poll on business views about campaign spending, disclosure
CED Money in Politics Forum
Zogby Poll of Business Leaders to be Released
CONTACT: Morgan Broman (202)-296-5860 ext. 14
Morgan.Broman@ced.org
On Thursday, October 28, 2010, the Committee for Economic Development (CED) will
host a luncheon forum on the role of money in politics in a post-Citizens United campaign
climate to discuss what options are available to curtail large, undisclosed political spending
by corporations, labor unions and trade associations. CED will also release a new Zogby
poll on business attitudes toward campaign spending and disclosure.
Money in Politics Forum
When: Thursday, October 28, 2010
12:00 noon – 1:30 P.M.
Where: National Press Club
Holeman Lounge
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Speakers:
• Anthony Corrado, Professor of Government, Colby College
• Jeanne Cummings, Assistant Managing Editor in Charge of Enterprise, POLITICO
• Ed Kangas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired), Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu
• Michael Petro, Vice President and Director of Business and Government Policy
and Chief of Staff, CED
• Landon Rowland, Chairman, Ever Glades Financial
• Sam Rodgers, Communications Director, Zogby International
• Fred Wertheimer, Founder & President, Democracy 21
Lunch will be served.
For more on CED’s work on campaign finance reform, go to www.ced.org.
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CED is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of more than 200 business leaders and university presidents. Since 1942,its research and policy programs have addressed many of the nation’s most pressing economic and social issues,including education reform, workforce competitiveness, campaign finance, health care, and global trade and finance. CEDpromotes policies to produce increased productivity and living standards, greater and more equal opportunity for every citizen, and an improved quality of life for all.