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  Cheney Assesses CUNA’s Role, Goals and Achievements

  March 19, 2012

  CUNA President Bill Cheney took time last week to answer questions in advance of this week’s Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington. Below are edited excerpts of the Q&A session.

• Trade PACs Gear Up for the Election

  February 12, 2012

  If money really does talk, then CUNA and NAFCU have been doing the financial equivalent of vocal exercises. The political action committees of both groups each ended last year with six-figure amounts in their coffers, as they gear up for an election year that features a large number of competitive races...

• Paying Politics: Trades Build War Chests for 2012 Campaigns

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 2, 2012

  CUNA, NAFCU spread donations across parties, chambers.

• CUNA Strategists Discuss Election Results

  November 10, 2010

  Listen to an audio file of CUNA's political strategists discussing the results of the elections and the role their trade association's political action committee played in helping credit union supporters on the campaign trail.

• Mixed Election Results For CUs

  By Claude R. Marx  |  November 10, 2010

  CUNA and NAFCU's PACs supported more winners than losers in the midterm elections, yet CUs still lost some key allies.

• Much Adieu About Nothing?

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  November 10, 2010

  Credit unions lost a close ally when Congressman Paul Kanjorski conceded the race to Hazelton Mayor Lou Barletta.

• Kanjorski Loses Re-Election Bid

  By Claude R. Marx  |  November 2, 2010

  Rep. Paul Kanjorski, who has been one of the strongest supporters of credit unions in Congress, was defeated after a 26-year career by Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta.

• Trade PACs Are Tilting Toward Democrats but Not Ignoring the GOP

  By Claude R. Marx  |  October 6, 2010

  In politics, the party that controls Congress usually gets the lion's share of the campaign money.

• Recent Court Ruling Not Likely to Impact CU PACs

  By David Morrison  |  January 22, 2010

  CUNA political strategists say that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent lifting of many limitations on corporate political advertising will not affect credit union political action committee activities.