WASHINGTON — Thirty-five members of Congress added their names to the list of co-sponsors for the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (H.R. 1537) after the spring recess.
Officially signing onto the bill upon returning to the first session of the 110th Congress were previous co-sponsors Representatives Joe Baca (D-Calif.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.), Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), Corrine Brown (D-Fla.), John Conyers (D-Mich.), Sam Farr (D-Calif.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), March Kaptur (D-Ohio), Dale Kildee (D-Mich.), Randy Kuhl (R-N.Y.), Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), John Lewis (D-Ga.), Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), John McHugh (R-N.Y.), George Miller (D-Calif.), Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas), Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-N.Y.), Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Diane Watson (D-Calif.), and Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.). Additionally, freshman Phil Hare (D-Ill.) added his name to the list. In addition to Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.), the original co-sponsors included Representatives Ed Royce (R-Calif.), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.), Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas), Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio), Dan Burton (R-Ind.), Ron Paul (R-Texas), Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), and Ken Calvert (R-C alif.). The bill had 125 co-sponsors last Congress. After the bill's lead sponsor, Kanjorski underwent a scheduled triple by-pass and was out of work prior to the spring recess, co-sponsors could not be officially added until he returned to work. He is reportedly recovering well and working a limited schedule.
"He will be no longer on medical leave so we're glad to see him back. We're told he's doing well. We wish him well," CUNA Vice President of Legislative Affairs Dean Sagar commented as Congress was returning.
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However, things are slow moving in the Senate, starting all over again as it was two Congresses ago in the House, according to Sagar. "At this point we have still not tried to talk to them about the entire bill," he said. "I think there are some individuals that are interested and we're just sort of seeding the field so to speak, just talking to them about it without trying to push for immediate introduction."
He explained, "[We] just don't want them to put in a bill just because it was the House bill. We want them committed sponsors and people who understand from their own state leagues and their constituents some of the provisions of CURIA are very important and that's where we want to try to start so it's going to take a little time to build strong support there." –[email protected]
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