Government Sponsored Enterprises

• Dems' Successor to Frank Unclear

  By Claude R. Marx  |  November 29, 2011

  Retiring Massachusetts congressman's spot won't be filled for a year, but seniority may not be the deciding factor.

• Onsite Coverage: CUs Make Pitch at Bank Hearing

  By Claude R. Marx  |  November 16, 2011

  WASHINGTON, D.C. — If banks are getting regulatory relief credit unions deserve the same opportunity.

• CUNA, NAFCU Bash, Praise Bank Deregulation Measure

  By Claude R. Marx  |  November 15, 2011

  CUNA President/CEO Bill Cheney and NAFCU President/CEO Fred Becker plan to tell lawmakers on Wednesday that less is more.

• Becker and Cheney to Testify on Bank Reg Relief Bill

  By Claude R. Marx  |  November 11, 2011

  CUNA President/CEO Bill Cheney and NAFCU President/CEO Fred Becker are among the witnesses at next Wednesday’s House hearing on a measure that would give banks regulatory and tax relief.

• Panel Concludes That Financial Crisis Was Avoidable; Blames Government and Business

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 27, 2011

  The financial crisis that wreaked havoc on the economy was "the result of human action and inaction, not of Mother nature or computer models gone haywire," a government commission that spent 18 months studying the crisis concluded.

• Capito To Chair Panel Overseeing Credit Unions

  By Claude R. Marx  |  December 9, 2010

  Rep. Shelly Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) will chair the House subcommittee that has oversight over credit unions and other depository institutions, incoming Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) announced today.

• House Subcommittee Plans Hearing On Housing

  By David Morrison  |  September 13, 2010

  There will likely be another round of place holding and finger pointing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 15 when a House Financial Services Subcommittee opens a hearing on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

• NAFCU Adds More Speakers to Caucus Roster

  By David Morrison  |  September 8, 2010

  NAFCU has added more federal legislators and an additional regulator to the roster of speakers for its 2010 Congressional Caucus.

• Latest NAFCU Caucus Speakers Include Fannie Mae Regulator

  By David Morrison  |  August 18, 2010

  Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae's federal regulator, is among the latest regulators and legislators to agree to speak at NAFCU's 2010 Congressional Caucus.

• NAFCU Seeks Stability in GSE Reform

  By David Morrison  |  February 5, 2010

  However Congress reforms the government-sponsored enterprises for the secondary mortgage market, NAFCU wants lawmakers to ensure stability in those markets through that reform.