Policy Forum 

# Banking and Insurance in the 112th Congress 

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Date and Time 

December 7, 2010 4 - 6:30 PM EST 

Location 

Auditorium/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

Panel I — Insurance

- **Robert Detlefsen**, Vice President of Public Policy, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
- **Lars Powell**, Whitbeck-Beyer Chair of Insurance and Financial Services, University of Arkansas
- **Lawrence H. Mirel**, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP
- **Stephen Pociask**, Chief Economist, American Consumer Institute
- Moderated by **Eli Lehrer**, Director, Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, Heartland Institute

Panel II — Banking

- **Mark Oesterle**, Chief Counsel for the Minority, U.S. Senate Banking Committee
- **Joi Sheffield**, Former Banking Counsel to Sen. Tim Johnson
- **Bert Ely**, Principal, Ely & Company, Inc.
- Moderated by **Mark Calabria**, Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute.

Two panels will provide a preview of what the new Congress might hold for banking and insurance legislation. Will we see freer financial markets or more regulation? Can Dodd-Frank be repealed? What is likely to happen to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? These and other questions will be addressed.

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