Leading political strategists convene in New Orleans

The Bipartisan Policy Center is bringing the Beltway to the Big Easy with its annual political summit, Beyond the Ballot: Making Washington Work. Honorary co-hosts for the event are James Carville and Mary Matalin. Scheduled for one week after the mid-term elections, the day-long policy conference will feature prominent Republican and Democratic political strategists and leading journalists discussing whether the new Congress and the president can effectively work together to tackle the problems facing the nation. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at Tulane University’s Lavin-Bernick Center in the Kendall Cram Room. In 2007, former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell formed the Bipartisan Policy Center to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. Currently, the BPC focuses on issues including health care, energy, national and homeland security, transportation and economic policy. For more information, click here.