Al Franken

• Student Debt Relief Bill Floated in Congress

  By Heather Anderson  |  February 6, 2013

  A group of Democratic senators introduced a bill Jan. 23 that would allow privately issued student loans to be discharged along with other bankruptcy debt.

• Student Loan Bankrutpcy Discharge Bill Reintroduced in Senate

  By Heather Anderson  |  January 28, 2013

  Private student loans called "the next mortgage crisis" by co-sponsor Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa.

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  Member Business Lending Bill Gets Plug from Franken at MnCUN Confab

  By Marc Rapport  |  April 19, 2012

  Sen. Al Franken, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty keynote the Minnesota Credit Union Network annual meeting.

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  Minnesotans Hike the Hill

  By Marc Rapport  |  October 3, 2011

  Member business lending, supplemental capital and proposed new CUSO rules were on the minds of nine Minnesota credit union professionals in Washington to hike the hill for Minnesota Credit Union Network.

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  Minnesota CUs Hike the Hill

  By Marc Rapport  |  September 28, 2011

  Minnesota contingent makes Hike the Hill trip to discuss MBL, CUSOs, supplemental capital and more.

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  Sen. Udall's Business Lending Bill Lives to Fight On

  By Claude R. Marx  |  March 16, 2011

  Here we go again. Saying that it would “expand the options for small businesses at no expense to taxpayers,” Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) last week reintroduced a measure to raise the cap on member business lending from 12.25% of assets to as much as 27.5% of assets.

• Collins First GOP Co-Sponsor of MBL Amendment

  By Claude R. Marx  |  July 20, 2010

  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has become the first member of her party to sign on as a co-sponsor of an amendment by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) that would raise the cap of 12.25% of assets to up to 27.5% of assets.

• Quotes Worth Quoting

  June 23, 2010

  "If you listen to Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, there's been this concerted effort to blame me for things that happened when I was in the minority.