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Mica Says Interchange Fight is a Long Shot, But Worth Pursuing

Saying he is "not confident we can win this but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do our best," CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica encouraged credit union members to come to Washington to lobby to remove an amendment on interchange fees.

By Claude R. Marx | Updated on May 26, 2010

Saying while he is “not confident we can win this but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do our best,” CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica today encouraged credit union members to come to Washington for a two-day lobbying effort next month to remove an amendment on interchange fees from the regulatory overhaul bill.

On a conference call, Mica said that in meetings with lawmakers in their states and districts next week and in Washington during the fly-in on June 8 and June 9 participants “can’t be mean and nasty” and noted that this “isn’t like the tea party rallies, and we can’t stand up and scream.”

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