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• CUNA: Member Business Lending Cap Vote Could Come in 48 Hours

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 26, 2012

  CUNA announced Monday it has been told by Capitol contacts that a vote on S. 2231 could come in the next 48 hours.

• Trades Tally PAC Support

  By Heather Anderson  |  October 31, 2012

  Credit union trade associations have entered the 2012 election homestretch, with both CUNA and NAFCU confirming PAC spending figures reported by the Federal Election Commission and website OpenSecrets.org.

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  Top 5 Issues Pressed by Lawmakers at NAFCU’s Congressional Caucus

  By Heather Anderson  |  September 24, 2012

  Here's a look at the top 5 issues, other than member business lending legislation, pushed at NAFCU's 2012 Congressional Caucus.

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  Congressional Caucus Day 3: Mortgages, Business Lending and Compliance: Slide Show

  By John Cooke  |  September 14, 2012

  Mortgages, providing them and buying them, along with business lending and compliance issues were on the agenda Friday at the Congressional Caucus.

• Member Business Lending Bill Sponsor List Hits 140

  By David Morrison  |  September 12, 2012

  HR 1418, a bill to raise the cap on credit union member business lending, now has 140 co-sponsors, a chief sponsor says.

• Capitol Hill Forum Will Include MBL Legislation

  By Heather Anderson  |  September 10, 2012

  Political newspaper The Hill will include member business lending as a topic during a public event Wednesday that will focus on access to capital.

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  Efforts Heat Up On MBL

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 25, 2012

  WASHINGTON—The political pitch to raise the credit union member business lending cap are claims that doing so will spur job growth. According to credit union executives that attended this year’s Governmental Affairs Conference, that claim is more than just wishful thinking.

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  Conference Debate: Is the CFPB CUs’ Friend or Foe?

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 25, 2012

  WASHINGTON—No issue at this year’s GAC was more polarizing than the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Speakers, particularly politicians, were either completely against it or completely for it, depending upon which party they represented.

• Udall Talks Up S 509 at GAC: Onsite Coverage

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 20, 2012

  WASHINGTON — Efforts to raise the business lending cap have been the only part of the jobs act that would actually create jobs, Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) says.

• Business Owners Hike the Hill for MBL Increase

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 12, 2012

  WASHINGTON — With legislation to raise the cap on member business loans languishing in committee, CUNA reached out to business groups to help make its case.