Senate Banking committee

• Credit Union Trades Watching Two Congressional Hearings Today

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 9, 2012

  Regulatory burden, National Flood insurance Program on the agenda.

• MBL Bill: Trades Sticking to Plan A

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 7, 2012

  Even after news that a vote on S. 2231 won’t happen as quickly as hoped, credit union trade associations say they aren’t pursuing a Plan B to promote legislation that would raise the member business lending cap to 27.5% of assets.

• On Member Business Lending Bill, Trades Are Sticking With Plan A: Print Preview

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 4, 2012

  Lawmakers stuck between rock and hard place as lending cap bill languishes. This from the May 9 print edition of Credit Union Times.

• Did South Dakota's Johnson Throw a Wet Blanket on MBL?

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 30, 2012

  Senator advises colleagues "to move forward carefully."

• Dakota Credit Unions Air Compliance Gripes at Special CFPB Roundtable

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  April 12, 2012

  Legislator, official, get an earful from unhappy CU executives.

• Telesis Seizure Inspires Community Bankers

  By Marc Rapport  |  March 26, 2012

  ICBA says Telesis Community lending practices shows why Senate member business lending bill "threatens the entire credit union sector."

• Editor’s Column: Pumping Yourself Up Ahead of GAC

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  March 11, 2012

  In my roles over the years at Credit Union Times, I’ve attended 11 of the last 12 Governmental Affairs Conferences held by CUNA–forgive me a maternity leave.

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  ABA Vows to Sink JOBS Bill if MBL Hike Included

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 11, 2012

  If a House bill backed by the American Bankers Association in a new package of legislation designed to help small businesses create more jobs gives credit unions expanded lending authority, the banking trade group has vowed to pull back its support.

• Pumping Yourself Up Ahead of GAC: Editor's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  March 9, 2012

  The industry's lobbying efforts can only go so far. The credit union community needs you to be the muscle. 

• Ohio, Alabama New Focus on Public Funds Bills

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 24, 2012

  The national statehouse push by credit unions to win lawmaker support for enabling public funds deposit bills has moved to Ohio and Alabama.