Center for Responsive Politics

• Amidst Controversy, Missouri’s Akin a Credit Union Supporter

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 21, 2012

  Rep. Todd Akin has record of support for tax exemption, contributions from CULAC.

• 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...

• Paying Politics: Trades Build War Chests for 2012 Campaigns

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 2, 2012

  CUNA, NAFCU spread donations across parties, chambers.

• Trade PACs Play a Waiting Game

  By Claude R. Marx  |  October 3, 2011

  Wait till next year. That’s the motto of fans whose teams have a disappointing season, and it’s also sums up the political strategies of CUNA and NAFCU.

• Debit Interchange Fight Sparks Battle of Big Spenders

  By Claude R. Marx  |  April 20, 2011

  Retail and financial service industries are duking it out over attempts to regulate debit interchange fees.

• CUNA, NAFCU PACs Raised Less in 2010 Election Cycle

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 9, 2011

  The sluggish economy caused CUNA and NAFCU PACs to raise less money, but they each had very different spending patterns during last year's campaigns.

• Elections Shook the CU Landscape on Capitol Hill

  By Claude R. Marx  |  December 22, 2010

  Credit unions lost one of their strongest congressional allies this year and will have to deal with more Republicans in both the House and Senate next year.

• Trades Gave Less to Campaigns This Year but Generously

  By Claude R. Marx  |  December 22, 2010

  CUNA's and NAFCU's political action committees spread their financial largesse generously this campaign cycle, though they have been raising and spending less than they did two years ago,

• Much Adieu About Nothing?

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  November 10, 2010

  Credit unions lost a close ally when Congressman Paul Kanjorski conceded the race to Hazelton Mayor Lou Barletta.

• Trade PACs Are Tilting Toward Democrats but Not Ignoring the GOP

  By Claude R. Marx  |  October 6, 2010

  In politics, the party that controls Congress usually gets the lion's share of the campaign money.