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• 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.

• CU Backed Republican Blunt Wins; Democrats Feingold, Pomeroy, Spratt All Lose

  By Claude R. Marx  |  November 2, 2010

  GOP Rep. Roy Blunt, on whose behalf CUNA's PAC spent $152,500 in independent expenditures, won an open U.S. Senate seat in Missouri. CUNA's PAC also gave Blunt's campaign $10,000 and NAFCU's PAC gave it $1,000.

• Financial Overhaul Bill Slated for Vote in Senate

  By Claude R. Marx  |  July 14, 2010

  The regulatory restructuring bill-which CUNA and NAFCU are opposing because of the interchange provisions-is likely to come up for a vote in the Senate this week, and odds are it will pass.

• Snowe Backs Regulatory Overhaul Bill

  By Claude R. Marx  |  July 13, 2010

  Adding to the likelihood of final passage, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) late yesterday said she would support the regulatory overhaul currently pending in the Senate.

• Cantwell Backs Financial Overhaul Bill

  By Claude R. Marx  |  July 2, 2010

  The regulatory restructuring bill came closer to passing the Senate when Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) announced she would support it