partisan communications

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  After Obama Re-Election, Trades Focused on Lame Duck Session

  By Heather Anderson  |  December 19, 2012

  While President Obama won a resounding victory in his re-election quest, credit union trade groups celebrated their successes in the congressional races and turned their attention to the Congress’s lame duck session.

• New Friends, Old Allies Triumph

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 14, 2012

  A roundup of Nov. 6 results from the credit union industry perspective.

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  CUNA Finds a Campaign Niche in Playing ‘Nice’

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 14, 2012

  CUNA’s political team harnessed the power of nice and the credit union member vote in two key races, spending nearly half a million PAC dollars on positive partisan communications that the trade association’s leaders say is the wave of the future.

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  Credit Union-Backed House Candidates Win

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 13, 2012

  Credit Union PACs went three for four in the House.

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  Credit Union-Backed Senate Candidates Win

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 12, 2012

  Credit unions and their PACs were winners in the 2012 elections.

• Trades Tally PAC Support

  By Heather Anderson  |  October 31, 2012

  Credit union trade associations have entered the 2012 election homestretch, with both CUNA and NAFCU confirming PAC spending figures reported by the Federal Election Commission and website OpenSecrets.org.

• CUNA On Pace to Spend $4 Million on 2012 Elections

  By Heather Anderson  |  October 23, 2012

  About $600,000 in independent expenditures have been spent on four close congressional races.

• New Bill Would Open FHLB to Privately Insured CUs

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 13, 2012

  A bill that would allow privately insured credit unions access to the Federal Home Loan Bank system has been introduced in the House.

• Bankers Form a New Super PAC

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 15, 2012

  Former credit union lobbyist Marvin Umholtz said the industry shouldn’t fear a new banker super PAC, saying the Friends of Traditional Banking PAC, will function “more like a scalpel than a battle axe.”

• New Banker Super PAC Will Not Be Matched by CUNA

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 9, 2012

  Despite the threat of a new banker Super PAC, CUNA says it has no plans to create a similar campaign fundraising mechanism for credit unions.