Credit union lobbyists will face a packed legislative schedulewhen Congress comes back into session next week, CUNA says.

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Its vice president of legislative affairs, Ryan Donovan, notedduring a press call Monday that the House Committee onFinancial Services has scheduled itself to hold more hearings thanthe House of Representatives is expected to be in session. Some ofthose include field hearings in New York in conjunction with the9/11 anniversary.

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Also, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairshas scheduled a Sept. 6 confirmation hearing for Richard Cordray tohead up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Donovan recalled that the Cordray hearing had been postponedfrom early August and cautioned against assuming that its quickdate indicated any agreement on the committee about the nomination goingforward.

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Member business lending and dealing with the deficit also areexpected to take up Congressional and credit union lobbyists'time.

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