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• CU Student Loans May Dodge Asset Bubble, Delinquency Rates

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 20, 2013

  From the Wall Street Journal to the activist blog Zero Hedge, economists and pundits have been actively debating this year whether or not a student loan asset bubble exists and if so, when it might pop.

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  Rep. Mel Watt’s Long Odds Involve More Than Just Principal Forgiveness

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 2, 2013

  North Carolina congressman's nomination to FHFA top spot prompts careful comments from trades.

• Brown and Vitter Gift Small Bankers with Reg Relief Bill

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 24, 2013

  Senate bill would end subsidies for the biggest banks and abandon Basel III for the smaller ones. Credit unions? Not mentioned.

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  Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus Announces Retirement Plans

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 23, 2013

  Montana Democrat's departure may or may not affect tax reform, credit union exemption, lobbyists say.

• Witnesses Lining Up for CU Reg Burden Hearing

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 10, 2013

  On April 10 the House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing to focus on the regulatory burdens facing community financial institutions that will focus on credit unions.

• CU Trades to Talk Tax Exemption on Capitol Hill

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 8, 2013

  NAFCU, CUNA invited to House Ways and Means working group session on Thursday as part of tax reform initiative.

• Witnesses Lining Up for CU Reg Burden Hearing

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 29, 2013

  CUNA, NAFCU line up credit union CEOs for April 10 session with House Financial Services Committee.

• 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.

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  Brokaw, Chatzky, Speeches and Awards: Photo Coverage of GAC Day 1

  By Marc Rapport  |  February 26, 2013

  These photos by John Cooke capture some of the action of the first day of sessions Monday at the 2013 GAC in Washington, D.C.

• CFPB Rules Overturn Seen as Unlikely

  By Heather Anderson  |  February 6, 2013

  Although the District of Columbia Circuit Appeals Court invalidated President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board and potentially overturned the board’s decisions since early 2012, credit unions shouldn’t assume the ruling means the CFPB will meet the same fate, said NAFCU President/CEO Fred Becker.