Senate

• Trades Say Johnson’s Likely Banking Chairman Successors Are Credit Union Friendly

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 26, 2013

  Rhode Island's Reed, New York's Schumer seen eyeing top post on Senate Banking Committee as South Dakota's Johnson retires.

• Senate Democrats Firming Up Committee Assignments

  By Heather Anderson  |  December 14, 2012

  Although some of the names are still unofficial, party choices for Senate committees that affect credit unions are starting to emerge.

• Relief and More Than a Little Anxiety: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  November 8, 2012

  The elections are finally over. So what does it mean to credit unions?

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  Election 2012: Senator-Elect Warren Thanks Credit Unions

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 7, 2012

  “Credit unions … yes … love my credit unions,” Elizabeth Warren said in her Massachusetts victory speech Tuesday night.

• Senate Likely to Debate Postal Service Before Member Business Lending

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 16, 2012

  Lawmakers back in Washington after two-week recess.

• ABA Mobilizing Support Against MBL Legislation

  By David Morrison  |  March 27, 2012

  Bankers lobby asks its members to write senators to oppose latest version of Senate bill to raise member business lending cap.

• Trade PACs Gear Up for the Election

  February 12, 2012

  If money really does talk, then CUNA and NAFCU have been doing the financial equivalent of vocal exercises. The political action committees of both groups each ended last year with six-figure amounts in their coffers, as they gear up for an election year that features a large number of competitive races...

• Senate Advances Patent Measure

  By Claude R. Marx  |  September 14, 2011

  Credit unions are pushing for passage of a patent reform bill that the Senate is likely to vote on soon that could limit their exposure to patent infringement lawsuits.

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  CUs, Banks Now Look To Courts After Senate Interchange Defeat

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 13, 2011

  Credit unions are hoping for relief from the courts and an improved rule from the Federal Reserve following the Senate defeat of an amendment that would have delayed the Federal Reserve’s rule regulating debit interchange fees by up to a year.

• Wisconsin Democrat Kohl Says He Won't Seek Re-Election

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 13, 2011

  Department store millionaire, banking committee member, is sixth Democrat to announce retirement from upper chamber so far this year.