Mark Udall

• MBL Sets a $12 Billion Record

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 4, 2012

  Over the past week or so, the word “billion” has come up several times in industry talk on member business lending. The first billion–make that nearly $12 billion–is the record number of member business loans that credit unions funded in 2011, setting a new record high based on fourth-quarter data from...

• On Member Business Lending Bill, Trades Are Sticking With Plan A: Print Preview

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 4, 2012

  Lawmakers stuck between rock and hard place as lending cap bill languishes. This from the May 9 print edition of Credit Union Times.

• Leagues Plan No Formal Visits on MBL to Schumer, Reid During Recess Back Home

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 30, 2012

  New York, Nevada credit union associations say they're confident of continuing support as question remains if vote will be taken this year.

• Did South Dakota's Johnson Throw a Wet Blanket on MBL?

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 30, 2012

  Senator advises colleagues "to move forward carefully."

• Udall: Member Business Lending Bill Will Get a Vote This Year

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 27, 2012

  Colorado Democrat says upper chamber will vote this year on his bill despite reports of its indefinite delay.

• Member Business Lending Bill Gets New Name, New Life in Senate

  By David Morrison  |  March 23, 2012

  Mark Udall (D-Colo.) has repackaged and reintroduced his bill to remove the cap on credit union member business lending, setting it up for a possible vote by the full chamber.

• Udall Talks Up S 509 at GAC: Onsite Coverage

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 20, 2012

  WASHINGTON — Efforts to raise the business lending cap have been the only part of the jobs act that would actually create jobs, Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) says.

• CUNA GAC to Feature MBL Bill Sponsors

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 16, 2012

  Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) will apear at the March 18-22 conference in Washington, D.C.

• MBL Bills Pick Up Two More Co-Sponsors

  By Claude R. Marx  |  August 4, 2011

  Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and GOP Rep. Darrell Issa, both Californians, have signed on to raising the lending cap.

• Another Fight Brews Over Member Business Lending

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 13, 2011

  Might this time finally be the charm for member business lending? After years of lobbying and cajoling, credit unions will finally get their wish on June 16 when the Senate Banking Committee holds a hearing on Sen. Mark Udall’s (D-Colo.) legislation to raise the cap on member business loans.