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By Heather Anderson |
March 26, 2013
Rhode Island's Reed, New York's Schumer seen eyeing top post on Senate Banking Committee as South Dakota's Johnson retires.
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By Heather Anderson |
February 6, 2013
A group of Democratic senators introduced a bill Jan. 23 that would allow privately issued student loans to be discharged along with other bankruptcy debt.
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By Heather Anderson |
January 28, 2013
Private student loans called "the next mortgage crisis" by co-sponsor Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa.
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By Heather Anderson |
December 14, 2012
Although some of the names are still unofficial, party choices for Senate committees that affect credit unions are starting to emerge.
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By Heather Anderson |
September 17, 2012
WASHINGTON — Although speakers at NAFCU’s Congressional Caucus pledged their support for credit union member business lending , not one member of Congress said MBL legislation would be passed before the end of this year.
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By Heather Anderson |
September 13, 2012
WASHINGTON — No lawmakers at NAFCU's Congressional Caucus said Thursday they expected a vote on member business lending cap hike this year.
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By Claude R. Marx |
March 16, 2011
Here we go again.
Saying that it would “expand the options for small businesses at no expense to taxpayers,” Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) last week reintroduced a measure to raise the cap on member business lending from 12.25% of assets to as much as 27.5% of assets.
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By Claude R. Marx |
December 15, 2010
Senators of both parties asked pointed, though not hostile, questions of NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz about how the agency dealt with the problems of corporate credit unions and whether the agency's examination procedures were adequate.
