Mike Crapo

• Senate Gives CUs the Cold Shoulder

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 3, 2013

  Credit union trade associations shrugged off a 2014 budget amendment passed by the Senate March 22 that would “establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the disproportionate regulatory burdens on community banks,” according to a release from sponsor Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.).

• Trades Say Johnson’s Likely Banking Chairman Successors Are Credit Union Friendly

  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.

• Budget Amendment Would Stop the Funneling of G-Fees to Deficit

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 25, 2013

  NAFCU, CUNA join bankers, real estate lobby in supporting move to stop Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac fees going to pay off deficit.

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  Guest Opinion: Dan Mica on the New Congress

  By Dan Mica  |  January 23, 2013

  It’s the time of the year when pundits are analyzing the recent election and predicting what will happen in the new Congress during 2013.

• Senate Democrats Firming Up Committee Assignments

  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.

• CU Lobbyists Waging Last-Minute Effort to Push Interchange Measure

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 8, 2011

  Senate vote expected at 2 p.m. today; sources report that measure delaying interchange cap within a few votes of passing.

• Frank and Others Added To Speakers List of GAC

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 12, 2011

  Rep. Barney Frank, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, will speak at CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference, the group announced today.

• Regulatory Overhaul Conference Committee Slated to Convene Today

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 10, 2010

  The issue of regulating interchange fees will be one of the topics lawmakers have to deal with when the House-Senate conference committee meets today to reconcile the differences between the financial reform bills passed by both chambers.

• CUNA Returns to the Top 20 of Biggest PAC Contributors

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 2, 2010

  After having dropped off for a month, CUNA's Credit Union Legislative Action Council is again on the list of top of the top 20 donors to federal candidates, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

• Senate Names Conferees on Regulatory Overhaul

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 25, 2010

  The chairmen and ranking Republicans of the Senate Agriculture and Banking committees are among the 12 senators named to the Senate-House conference committee that will reconcile differences between the regulatory overhauls.