Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1:00 Reagan at 100: Role Model for the Next Generation – Marriott Ballroom
Paul Kengor, author of God and Reagan CONFIRMED
Mark Joseph, producer of Reagan CONFIRMED
Brodi Conover, Reagan Centennial Youth Committee CONFIRMED
Craig Shirley, author of Rendezvous with Destiny CONFIRMED
Moderator: Kate Obenshain, Young America’s Foundation CONFIRMED
2:30 New Media Activism: From Behind the Scenes to Boots on the Ground – Marshall Ballroom
Tabitha Hale, FreedomWorks CONFIRMED
Erik Telford, Americans for Prosperity CONFIRMED
Dana Loesch, BigJournalism.com CONFIRMED
Matt Sheffield, Washington Examiner CONFIRMED
Moderator: Teri Christoph, Smart Girl Politics CONFIRMED
3:00 Your Guy Won. So What? Holding Conservatives’ Feet to the Fire – Wilson AB
Sponsored by the Leadership Institute
Open to all CPAC attendees
3:15 Wayne LaPierre, CEO of National Rifle Association – Marriott Ballroom CONFIRMED
Introduction: Joe Gregory, Conservative Philanthropist and Chairman CONFIRMED
NRA Golden Ring of Freedom.
3:45 Citizens United Reception with Speaker and Mrs. Gingrich – Delaware Ballroom
Sponsored by Citizens United
Open to all CPAC attendees
4:00 Mind Your P’s & Q’s: Editorial Critiques with WORLD magazine – Room 8212
Sponsored by World Journalism Institute (2 hours)
Editors-in-residence: Mindy Belz (WORLD magazine), Nick Eicher (WORLD magazine)
Young journalists are invited to bring their articles or student newspapers for one-on-one editorial
critiques from the editors of WORLD magazine.
Open to CPAC students
5:00 Battle For America – Citizens United’s CPAC Theater – Delaware Ballroom
A call to action by Dick Morris to take back our country
9:00 Rediscovering God In America I & II’s CPAC Theater – Delaware Ballroom
Citizens United Productions’ Double Feature
The critically acclaimed series, produced by Newt and Callista Gingrich
9:30 We Have The Power – Citizens United’s CPAC Theater – Delaware Ballroom
Making America energy independent, produced by Newt and Callista Gingrich
10:00 Flat, FAIR, VAT or Gone? What should be done with the Federal Income Tax? – Maryland
Ballroom
Co-sponsored by National Taxpayers Union and Americans for Tax Reform (1 hour)
Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform); Pete Sepp, National Taxpayers Union; Americans
for Fair Taxation; Campaign for Liberty; Members of Congress
Open to all CPAC attendees
11:00 Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration – Citizens United’s CPAC Theater – Delaware
Ballroom
An inside look at the ongoing crisis
12:00 It’s the Spending, Stupid! The Tea Party and the Political Landscape – Marriott Ballroom
Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform CONFIRMED
Amy Kremer, Tea Party Express CONFIRMED
John O’Hara, author of A New American Tea Party CONFIRMED
Moderator: Emily Skarbek, MyGovCost.org CONFIRMED
12:00 Andrew Ian Dodge and the World of Tomorrow – Room 8216
Sponsored by: Bank of Kev Productions (2 hours)
Moderator: Kevin McKeever, Bank of Kev Productions
Speaker: Andrew Ian Dodge, author
Dodge discusses the future of politics in Maine and Northeast.
Open to all CPAC attendees
1:00 The Importance of Faith & Religious Liberty in the US & Abroad – Jackson Room
Sponsored by Muslims for America (2 hours)
Marshall Breger, Catholic University Law Center; Dr. Jennifer Bryson, Witherspoon Institute;
Muhamad Elibiary, Freedom & Justice Foundation; Deal Hudson, Catholic Advocate
Mod: Suhail Khan, Conservative Inclusion Coalition
Open to all CPAC attendees
1:00 The Conservative Summit: Why The Conservative Party Is The Next Step For The Tea Party –
Jefferson Room
Sponsored by Conservative Party USA (2 hours)
Open to all CPAC attendees
1:15 Are We Superman? Using School Choice and Homeschools to Grow the Conservative Movement –
Marshall Ballroom
Rep. Randy Hultgren (IL) CONFIRMED
Robert Enlow, The Foundation for Educational Choice CONFIRMED
Lil Tuttle, Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute CONFIRMED
Mike Farris, founder of Home School Legal Defense Association CONFIRMED
Moderator: Joe Bast, The Heartland Institute CONFIRMED
2:00 Grassroots Activist session on Fighting Big Labor's Anti-Worker Big-Government Agenda –
Truman Room
Sponsored by Competitive Enterprise Institute (2 hours)
Moderator: F. Vincent Vernuccio, Labor Policy Counsel Competitive Enterprise Institute
Refreshments will be served
Open to all CPAC attendees
3:00 The Ground Zero Mosque: The Second Wave of the 9/11 Attacks – Maryland Ballroom
Sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (1.5 hours)
Speakers: Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, 9/11 Family Members, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and
Daisy Khan (invited), plus a special screening of a trailer for the new AFDI documentary, The
Ground Zero Mosque: The Second Wave of the 9/11
Refreshments Served
Open to all CPAC attendees
3:15 Right on Crime: The Conservative Case for Criminal Justice Reform – Marshall Ballroom
Rep. Ted Poe (TX) CONFIRMED
David A. Keene, CPAC Chair and American Conservative Union CONFIRMED
Board of Directors
Marc Levin, Texas Public Policy Foundation CONFIRMED
Moderator: Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship CONFIRMED
4:00 How Big Agriculture and Environmentalists Conspire to Rip Off American Taxpayers – Marshall
Ballroom
Tim Carney, Washington Examiner CONFIRMED
Mike Carey, American Council for Affordable and Reliable Energy CONFIRMED
Ann McElhinney, Not Evil Just Wrong CONFIRMED
Moderator: Phil Kerpen, Americans for Prosperity CONFIRMED
4:00 Is Atlas Shrugging … The Cultural Impact of the Tea Party – McKinley Room
Sponsored by FreedomWorks (1 hour)
Speakers: TBD
Open to all CPAC attendees
9:00 Nine Days That Changed the World – Citizens United’s CPAC Theater – Delaware Ballroom
Pope John Paul II’s 1979 pilgrimage to Poland and his role in the fall of Soviet Communism,
hosted by Newt and Callista Gingrich; Followed by Q & A session
9:00 Free Speech and Israel on Campus: How Students are Speaking Up – Johnson Room
Sponsored by Christians United for Israel (1 hour)
Jeremiah Nasiatka, National Campus Director, Christians United for Israel
Open to all CPAC attendees
9:00 Lawlessness, Racialism and Terror at Obama’s Department of Justice – Marshall Ballroom
Hans von Spakovsky, The Heritage Foundation CONFIRMED
Andrew McCarthy, National Review CONFIRMED
Christian Adams, Election Lawyer CONFIRMED
Moderator: Quin Hillyer, The Washington Times CONFIRMED
10:00 DigialLiberty.net Launch Event with Video Games Courtesy of the ESA – Maryland Ballroom
Sponsored by Americans for Tax Reform (2 hours)
Kelly Cobb, DigitalLiberty.net
Join DigitalLiberty.net for the launch of this 21st century project of Americans for Tax Reform.
Digital Liberty will give away video game consoles, games and other prizes.
Refreshments served
Open to all CPAC attendees
10:45 The End of Productivity: The Growing Tax Burden – Marshall Ballroom
Bob Adams, League of American Voters CONFIRMED
Jim Martin, 60 Plus Association CONFIRMED
Kevin Glass, Townhall.com CONFIRMED
Moderator: Hon. Jim Gilmore CONFIRMED
11:00 Compelling Transparency through the Freedom of Information Act – Jackson Room
Sponsored by Judicial Watch (2 hours)
Instructor: Chris Farrell, Director of Investigations and Research
Coffee and Beverages Served
Open to all CPAC attendees
11:30 Bleeding America Dry: The Threat of Public Sector Unions – Marriott Ballroom
Steve Malanga, author of Shakedown: The Continuing Conspiracy CONFIRMED
Against the American Taxpayer
Vincent Vernuccio, Competitive Enterprise Institute CONFIRMED
Tom McCabe, Building Industry Association of Washington CONFIRMED
Donald Devine, ConservativeBattleline.org CONFIRMED
Moderator: Terry Scanlon, Capital Research Center CONFIRMED
12:15 Repealing Obamacare: In The States, In Courts, and In Congress – Marriott Ballroom
Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Institute CONFIRMED
Rep. Joe Walsh (IL) CONFIRMED
Betsy McCaughey, Defend Your Health Care CONFIRMED
Moderator: Jordan Sekulow, American Center for Law and Justice CONFIRMED
12:30 Book Signing w/Bovard, Hornberger, Eland– Campaign for Liberty Booth
Sponsored by Campaign for Liberty
Featuring James Bovard, Jacob Hornberger & Ivan Eland
Open to All CPAC attendees
12:30 New Media and the Tea Party Movement – Room 8212
Sponsored by World Journalism Institute (2 hours)
Panelists: David Brody, CBN News; Mickey McLean, WORLDmag.com; Josue Sierra, blogger;
Crystal Wright, ConservativeBlackChick.com. Moderator: Nick Eicher, WORLD magazine
Learn how to take the opportunities afforded by the converging media world and publish in
multimedia forms, using blogging, broadcasting, and publishing on the web.
Open to CPAC students
1:15 Sick And Sicker – Citizens United’s CPAC Theater – Delaware Ballroom
A film by Logan Darrow Clements
When the government becomes your doctor; Followed by Q & A session
1:30 The New Nuclear Threat: China and North Korea – Marriott Ballroom
Mallory Factor, The Monday Meeting, New York CONFIRMED
Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum CONFIRMED
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA) CONFIRMED
Moderator: Tom Kilgannon, Freedom Alliance CONFIRMED
2:00 The Middle East Today: The Arab-Israeli Peace Process and the Five No's – Johnson Room
Sponsored by Christians United for Israel (1 hour)
David Brog, Executive Director, Christians United for Israel
Open to all CPAC attendees
EMCEE: Lucas Boyce, author of Living Proof: From Foster Care to the CONFIRMED
White House and the NBA
4:30 Changing the Conversation: Winning with Minorities, Women and Independents – Marriott
Ballroom
Michael Barone, Washington Examiner CONFIRMED
John Gizzi, Human Events CONFIRMED
Margaret Hoover, Fox News Contributor CONFIRMED
Moderator: Al Cardenas, American Conservative Union Board of Directors CONFIRMED
6:00 Adjournment