but i work for the american action network, we are a 501c4. the goal we are trying to create a center-right policy organization that in tax policy and policy makers. how we do that? has a number of goals and objectives, the first is policy development in conjunction with the american action for on, kim smith over there. they are building the policy and we are working with them to develop not only to aggregate senate right policy but defined revenues and new places where we can only take our principles and apply them to challenges of today but also make it relevant not only to people who support us about as you have heard time and time again those critical independent sr. and swing voters. we build on that with education through methods of the element, advocacy which we are going to dhaka today. we do a host of other things at the american action network about i would say the advocacy in as we gransta we will stick to that as we move forward but i want to highlight we have a policy and messaging are that is robust and something we are looking fo

but i work for the american action network, we are a 501c4. e are trying to create a center-right policy organization that in tax policy and policy makers. how we do that? has a number of goals and objectives, the first is policy development in conjunction with the american action for on, kim smith over there. they are building the policy and we are working with them to develop not only to aggregate senate right policy but defined revenues and new places where we can only take our principles and apply them to challenges of today but also make it relevant not only to people who support us about as you have heard time and time again those critical independent sr. and swing voters. we build on that with education through methods of the element, advocacy which we are going to dhaka today. we do a host of other things at the american action network about i would say the advocacy in as we gransta we will stick to that as we move forward but i want to highlight we have a policy and messaging are that is robust and something we are looking forward to d

the american action network spent $80 million in this election and we spent 1.1 million. it is something to think about the impact of ads on democracy as we move forward. i have three polls summaries of here. you will see what is consistent. when you get away from leadership, other republican party rank and file republicans agree with all of these attitudes about the fact that corporations have too much influence already over our legislation and our elections. the one that i do want to pull out is one that our really -- that was really political. we were in a fight for our lives on the economy. everyone would agree that this election, at the end of the day, was about the economy. one of the things we saw in august was that people were starting to say there was no way for america to fix this economy unless we get corporate lobbyists out of the system. the second one was that most americans, republicans, independents, and democrats, believe that corporate spending in the elections -- most americans believe it is political bribery for corporations to be able to spend unlimite

i worked in the american national -- action network. we are trying to impact policy and policy makers. we have a number of goals and objectives. policy development. they are building the policy and we're working with them to develop -- and to find avenues where we can take your principles and apply the challenges but make it relevant. not only to people who support us. those critical independent swing voters. we build on that with education. advocacy, which we will talk about. we do a host of other things. the topic is advocacy. -- we will stick to that as we move forward. we do want to highlight. we have policy and messaging. something weird looking forward to. january 13 and 14, we're having a national hispanic policy forum, cochaired by jenna bush and carlos gutierrez -- jeb bush and carlos gutierrez. we levi and technology to communicate and educate people. i will talk about our methods. how we got to the ads you will see. we look at polling. we wanted to find out where the landscape was. some of this was polling. just to identify th

the american crossroads gps group. they reported spending nearly $39 million on ads, much of it from donors not identified. we'll hear from the president of the american action network, the third biggest out tied -- outside spender. and from a media consultant and advisor to the national republican congressional committee which claims credit for demoting nancy pelosi to minority leader status and elevating john boehner to be the next speaker of the house, as of next month. we have asked our panelists to keep their presentations tight and to give time for questions , theour moderator's audience, and from subscribers to have sent their questions by e-mail. c-span is here in the conference is being carried live on c- span3. we are also recording the conference for our own purposes and will post it on our web site as soon after the conference as we can. we are producing a written transcript of the proceedings which will post on our side when it becomes available. i would like to introduce and dr. ken winnig who will introduce the first panel and moderate. >> or first panel is the democratic liberal panel, and our first speaker will be elise hoag. she is the director of

this week, the american civil liberties union and the service women's action network filed suit against the defense department, demanding improvement in the way the academies treat sexual assault cases. it's estimated one in three women is sexually assaulted during her military career. >> why is this rate rising now among the nation's premier officer candidates? >> it's exposing the fact that the armed forces has failed incredibly to train young men to keep their hands off their peers who are serving right alongside. >> and i don't think we know exactly. is it as the report said, because it's happening more or because more people are reporting it? it's a question that has to be answered. >> i agree. i don't think the report is clear. and i think it's impossible to determine at this point. is it increasing or is the rate of reporting increasing? what is clear is that our military elite, our leaders of the future, have a major problem in how they treat their fellow officers. as you said, it seems like it might be an increase in the rate of reporting and that's really important. >> but 64%

the american cancer society, cancer action network acs can was able to make the committee aware of mystory because i called the american cancer society's help information service for help trying to get access to the medical services i need to fight this disease. i'm hopeful that my story will demonstrate why the adequacy of health insurance coverage is so important. the last thing anyone wants to be told when they are diagnosed with cancer is that their health insurance provides inadequate coverage to fully address the treatment that they need. however, that's what's happened to me and that's the reason why i traveled here today. i have worked for a big box retail chain for several years. i do not plan to identify my employer during this testimony today. as i am not here to drag their name through the mud. the problem is that bad health insurance is offered in the marketplace. health insurance that i currently have is a policy my company offers to part time employees through aetna. when i purchased the insurance, my understanding at the time was that the policy had a $20,000 annual li

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the american crossroads gps group. together the groups reported spending nearly $39 million on ads budget from donors not identified. the action network the third this biggest spender according to the sec reports. it from immediate consultant and adviser to the national republican congressional committee which of course claims credit for demoting nancy pelosi to the minority leader status and elevating john boehner to be the next speaker of the house next month. we've asked our panelists to keep their presentations tight and give time for questions from moderator's. from the audience and from factcheck.org subscribers some of whom have some questions by e-mail. as you may notice, c-span is here in the conference is being carried live on c-span3. we are also reporting the conference on video for our own purposes and we will post that video on our web site as soon after the conference as we can. we are also producing a written transcript of the proceedings which we will post on the site when it becomes available. i'd like to introduce now dr. kenneth of the annenberg policy center who will introduce our first panel and moderate. >> than

i need because of the limitations of my current health insurance coverage, the american cancer society, cancer action network, acs can't was able to make the committee of where of my story because i call the american cancer society health information assistant service for help of trying to get access to the medical services i need to fight this disease. i'm hopeful that my story was demonstrated by the adequacy of health insurance coverage is so important, a last thing anyone wants to be told when they are diagnosed with cancer is that their health insurance provides inadequate coverage to fully address the treatment that they need. however, that's what's happened to me. that's the reason why i traveled here today. i have worked for a big box retail chain for several years. i do not plan to identify my employer during this testimony today, as i'm not here to drag their name through the mud. the problem is that that health insurance is offered in the marketplace. health insurance that i currently have is a policy my company offers two part-time employees through aetna. when i purchased the insurance, my under

the naysayers. i wonder how they would feel if anyone else was hosting a party on american soil to cheer a war on america. joining me now is reverend al sharpton, president of the national action networkrend, great to have you with us tonight. >> thank you. >> i'm somewhat shocked by this story. i don't know if this is the first one or if they've always done this before. your thoughts on it. >> well there's been other types of celebrations, but i think it is horrendous. first of all on two levels. one, they're celebrating treason. these people actually fought and killed and died, some of them, to troy and overthrow the united states government. and then when that didn't succeed, they succeeded and tried to form a separate government on american soil. secondly, it was based on slavery and slavery based on race. so you have one level, how can any patriot not condemn this and at another level anyone who believes that racism and bigotry is wrong. so i think that all people that are real patriots as well as those who don't believe in racism in south carolina ought to not only not attend but they ought to condemn that. can you imagine anywhere in the world that people would sit around and c

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american consumers are aligned. innovation at the edge catalyzes consumer demand for broad band, consumer deband for private investment, faster networks sparks ever cooler innovation at the edge. i believe our actionoday will foster an ongoing cycle of massive investment, innovation, and consumer demand both at the edge and in the core of broad band networks. our action will strengthen the internet job creation engine. our action will advance our goals of having america's broadband networks be the freest and the fastest in the world. >> some of you may have understood that. and for those who don't, lynne, who follows this, is along to answer questioning about that. first, let's start with the basics. net neutrality as a term i don't know if many people would understand. what does it mean? guest: it means treating all of the information that you want to send and receive over the internet equally, so that the broad band provider is providing a service, like at&t, comcast or verizon doesn't decide that one service or another service, like skiping or getting over the top video like hullu or net flicks might be treatd better or worse than another depending how it benefits one or the other. host: has th