Banking committee

• 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.

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  8 Members of Congress Credit Unions Need to Know

  By Heather Anderson  |  January 14, 2013

  These powerful leaders oversee financial institutions and the NCUA, originate tax reform and wield considerable influence.

• 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.

• MBL Bill: Trades Sticking to Plan A

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 7, 2012

  Even after news that a vote on S. 2231 won’t happen as quickly as hoped, credit union trade associations say they aren’t pursuing a Plan B to promote legislation that would raise the member business lending cap to 27.5% of assets.

• 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.

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

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 30, 2012

  Senator advises colleagues "to move forward carefully."

• Marx on Capitol: Election May Usher In More Regulatory Oversight

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 12, 2012

  Except for Newt Gingrich’s two mischaracterizations, credit unions haven’t come up as an issue in this election campaign so far.

• Cordray Pledges to Go Easy

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 5, 2012

  Saying that credit unions and small banks “had very little, really nothing to do with causing the financial crisis,” Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray renewed his commitment to ensure that they don’t face unnecessary additional regulatory burdens.

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  Cordray Again Pledges to Minimize CFPB Impact on CUs, Small Banks

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 31, 2012

  CFPB director testifies Tuesday at Senate Banking Committee hearing.

• MBL Cap Hike Still Up in The Air

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  December 18, 2011

  For the past few years, advocates have continued to push for increasing the member business lending cap, and 2011 saw more of the same efforts.