Panel Discussion – Washington Outlook: Recapping the Midterm Elections and What?s Next for Policymakers
A dynamic panel of Washington insiders examine the impact of the elections on relevant agendas of national policymakers.
Chair:
A.B. Stoddard, Associate Editor & Columnist, The Hill
Speakers:
Rostin Behnam, Senior Counsel, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Dee Buchanan, Principal, Ogilvy Government Relations
Martha Scott Poindexter, Vice President, Government & Industry Affairs, Bunge North America
Jill Sommers, Senior Advisor, Patomak Global Partners
Paul Thornell, Managing Director, Federal Government Affairs, Citigroup
Highlights:
- The key to the GOP victory was that the establishment kept the Tea Party in check
- That doesn’t mean that the GOP has a mandate, because it does not. Voters still loathe all of Congress
- Low turnover among “the millenials” sealed the Dem’s fate
- There will be many partisan investigations coming
- The South has no white Democrats in Congress for the first time ever
- No rollback of Dodd Frank seen
- CFTC will get increased funding