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• California Congressman Goes After NCUA Over Contingency Pact With Outside Lawyers

  By Heather Anderson  |  October 26, 2012

  Rep. Darrel Issa (R-Calif.) asks if executive order violated. NCUA pays lawyers more than $40 million of $170 million in Wall Street settlements.

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  Republican Convention Seats Two CU CEOs

  By Heather Anderson  |  September 2, 2012

  Credit union events at the Republican National Convention happened outside the walls of the Tampa Bay Times Forum last week, but two credit union CEOs were among those inside the convention, listening to the speeches and roll call.

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  Credit Union CEO Couple Score Seats Inside RNC

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 28, 2012

  Art and Mary Wood are Tampa-area GOP activists and will have inside seats at the convention in their hometown.

• Rosenthal to Leave Federation and Join Consumer Bureau

  By David Morrison  |  March 11, 2012

  Clifford Rosenthal, CEO of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, is leaving the federation to take a position with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

• White House Chief Of Staff Daley to Depart

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 9, 2012

  OMB Director Jack Lew to take over.

• Federal Reserve Conference Pulls In Interchange Cap Skeptics

  By David Morrison  |  April 6, 2011

  WASHINGTON — Skeptics dominated a conference on the impact of a proposed cap on debit interchange that was held on the same day Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke informed Congress that the Fed will miss an April 21 deadline to announce the regulation's final version.

• On-Site Coverage: Fed Blew Analysis of Cap Impact, Economist Says

  By David Morrison  |  March 29, 2011

  WASHINGTON — The staff of the Federal Reserve failed when they did not thoroughly analyze the impact of a proposed regulation on the debit interchange cap on consumers and the economy at large, according to a leading economist.

• On-Site Coverage: Interchange Cap Could Retard Electronic Payments System

  By David Morrison  |  March 29, 2011

  WASHINGTON — A former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors under the Clinton Administration likened the proposed cap on debit interchange to “pushing paper mail over email.”

• Obama Names Sperling to Top Economic Post

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 7, 2011

  Gene Sperling, who was the Treasury Department's point person during negations on the proposal for raising the cap on member business loans, was named by President Obama today to be director of the National Economic Council (NEC).

• Obama Names Banking Executive Daley Chief of Staff

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 6, 2011

  Calling him someone who has a "deep understanding of how jobs are created and how to grow the economy," President Obama today named JPMorgan Chase Midwest Chairman William Daley to be the new White House chief of staff.