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• Senate Not Likely To Deal With Interchange Delay This Week

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 23, 2011

  PATRIOT Act debate likely to dominate calendar, followed by Senate recess.

• Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Will Oppose Delay of Durbin Amendment

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 18, 2011

  Nevada Democrat says he might allow a vote on the interchange cap delay.

• Bernanke Reiterates Concerns On Small Debit Card Issuers

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 12, 2011

  Fed chair tells Senate Banking Committee that some small banks could fail because of interchange cap.

• Trades Reiterate Need for Delaying Interchange Rule

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 2, 2011

  Easter Break over, lobbying resumes to delay or halt the new cap on interchange fees.

• CUNA’s PAC Gave $397,000 In First Quarter; NAFCU’s Gave $57,000

  By Claude R. Marx  |  April 22, 2011

  If money, as a former state official said, is the mother’s milk of politics, neither major CU trade is in danger of being lactose deprived any time soon.

• Tester Reiterates Case for Delaying Interchange Rule

  By Claude R. Marx  |  April 14, 2011

  Montana Democrat says CUs, community banks and small businesses would be hurt if new Fed rules take effect.

• Debit Interchange Delay Effort Continues on Hill

  By Claude R. Marx  |  April 13, 2011

  Efforts to delay the implementation of the Federal Reserve’s debit interchange rule continued on Capitol Hill and at the grassroots level last week.

• Tech Firms Weigh In For Delay on Interchange Rule

  By Claude R. Marx  |  April 12, 2011

  Security Concerns Cited in Tech Trade Group's Call for Interchange Rule Delay

• On-Site Coverage: Schumer Optimistic About MBL Hike

  By Claude R. Marx  |  April 6, 2011

  WASHINGTON - The Senate’s No. 3 Democrat said today there is a “decent’’ chance his chamber will pass Sen. Mark Udall’s bill to raise the cap on member business lending to as much as 27.5% of assets.

• Montana Senator Jumps on Interchange Delay to Seek Two-Year Halt

  By Claude R. Marx  |  April 6, 2011

  Backers of congressional efforts to delay implementation of the Federal Reserve’s rule regulating interchange were buoyed when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the agency wouldn’t be able to release the rule by the April 21 deadline.