Federal Credit Unions Political Action Committee

• 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.

• Trade PACs Reward Lawmakers

  By Claude R. Marx  |  July 3, 2011

  During the first five months of 2011, CUNA’s political action committee received $502,266 in contributions toward its efforts to influence the outcome of political campaigns, and NAFCU’s fundraising efforts netted $53,669, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

• CUNA’s PAC raises $502,266 and NAFCU’s PAC raises $53,669

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 27, 2011

  Trades report contributions to congressional lobbying efforts.

• Trades Continue to Gear Up for Election

  May 31, 2011

  CUNA’s PAC raised $93,774 in April and NAFCU’s raised $14,250, according to forms filed with the Federal Election Commission.

• 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.

• CUNA and NAFCU PACs Have Supported Giffords

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 10, 2011

  Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who remains in critical condition after an assassination attempt on Saturday, has been helped by credit union political action committees in all three of her difficult campaigns.

• 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.

• Trades Have Mixed Results in Tuesday's Elections

  By Claude R. Marx  |  August 25, 2010

  The political action committees of CUNA and NAFCU won some and lost some in yesterday's primary elections.