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By Heather Anderson |
March 20, 2013
The Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act passed the House last week by voice vote. H.R. 749 would amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act by eliminating a requirement that privacy policy notices be mailed to consumers annually. Should the bill pass the Senate and be signed by President Obama, the privacy mailing would...
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By Heather Anderson |
March 13, 2013
Tuesday night action repeats lame duck session passage in House. Next up is Senate, which didn't act on measure last session.
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By Marc Rapport |
February 27, 2013
WASHINGTON — Congressmen made their points for and against the CFPB and Dodd-Frank at the final day of the GAC. John Cooke captured the images.
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By Heather Anderson |
February 15, 2013
House passed privacy notice reduction legislation in December but Senate never took it up.
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By Heather Anderson |
February 14, 2013
Measure would allow NCUA to allow healthy, well-managed credit unions to accept supplemental forms of capital.
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By Heather Anderson |
January 23, 2013
Acting as primary sponsor for supplemental capital legislation and co-sponsoring every credit union bill that crosses his desk, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) has long been a supporter of credit unions.
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By Heather Anderson |
December 19, 2012
While President Obama won a resounding victory in his re-election quest, credit union trade groups celebrated their successes in the congressional races and turned their attention to the Congress’s lame duck session.
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By Heather Anderson |
December 5, 2012
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), primary sponsor of S.2231, which would increase the member business lending cap to 27.5% of assets, received loud cheers as he spoke in favor of the legislation to about 500 gathered in Washington Nov. 27 to hike the hill in favor of the bill.
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By Heather Anderson |
December 4, 2012
A vote is expected today on H.R. 5817, a bill that would eliminate the required annual privacy notice mailing, CUNA reported.
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By Heather Anderson |
November 30, 2012
If a House bill that has picked up momentum successfully passes, this year’s annual privacy notice mailing could be the last.