Senate Appropriations Committee

• CDFI Fund Spared on Cuts, NASCUS Reaccreditation, CUSO Card Awards

  April 20, 2011

  A Members Group white paper, Missouri reaccreditation and the CDFI Fund all made news this week.

• CDFI Fund Appears Spared From Worst Budget Cuts

  By David Morrison  |  April 12, 2011

  The Senate Appropriations Committee appears to have left the budget of the CDFI fund intact.

• CUNA and NAFCU PACs Make Pre-Election Reports

  By Claude R. Marx  |  October 22, 2010

  CUNA's PAC had $270,933 in its coffers as of last week and NAFCU's PAC had $215,631, according to reports they filed this week with the Federal Election Commission.

• Senate Panel Kills Interchange Provision in Spending Bill

  By Claude R. Marx  |  July 29, 2010

  Credit unions won a victory Thursday night when a Senate committee approved an amendment to remove a provision that would limit credit card interchange rates on government transactions.

• Arizona Legislature Hands Big Defeat to Payday Lenders

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  March 17, 2010

  Payday loan shops in Arizona were dealt a blow Tuesday after a state Senate Committee voted down a measure exempting the firms from an existing sunset law forcing the firms to abide by a strict 36% rate limit.