Tim Johnson

• 

  Lakota FCU Marks Progress With Grand Opening

  By Peter Strozniak  |  May 7, 2013

  Credit union is first on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

• CFPB Creates Liaison Office

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 23, 2013

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has created a new Office of Financial Institutions and Business Liaison.

• Senate Gives CUs the Cold Shoulder

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 3, 2013

  Credit union trade associations shrugged off a 2014 budget amendment passed by the Senate March 22 that would “establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the disproportionate regulatory burdens on community banks,” according to a release from sponsor Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.).

• 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.

• Budget Amendment Would Stop the Funneling of G-Fees to Deficit

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 25, 2013

  NAFCU, CUNA join bankers, real estate lobby in supporting move to stop Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac fees going to pay off deficit.

• Letter: Many CU Congressional Allies Are Not Friends

  By Marvin Umholtz  |  January 30, 2013

  In a Guest Opinion article in Credit Union Times [Jan. 23 issue, page xx], former CUNA president Dan Mica, now an industry consultant, shared his forecast for the 113th Congress. His prediction that measuring the success of the next two years by what does not occur rather than by what...

• 

  Guest Opinion: Dan Mica on the New Congress

  By Dan Mica  |  January 23, 2013

  It’s the time of the year when pundits are analyzing the recent election and predicting what will happen in the new Congress during 2013.

• 

  8 Members of Congress Credit Unions Need to Know

  By Heather Anderson  |  January 14, 2013

  These powerful leaders oversee financial institutions and the NCUA, originate tax reform and wield considerable influence.

• Senate Democrats Firming Up Committee Assignments

  By Heather Anderson  |  December 14, 2012

  Although some of the names are still unofficial, party choices for Senate committees that affect credit unions are starting to emerge.

• NACUSO Appeals to Senate to Vote for MBL Cap Increase

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  November 27, 2012

  CUSO trade group stresses credit availability to, job creation by, small businesses.