Although some of the names are still unofficial, party choicesfor Senate committees that affect credit unions are starting toemerge.

Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) will remain chairman of the BankingCommittee, and both NAFCU and CUNA are reporting that Sen. MikeCrapo (R-Idaho) is the unofficial choice of the GOP for rankingmember.

Crapo voted along party lines Thursday when he cast a nay voteon the budget point of order that killedS. 3637, the Transaction Account Guarantee favored by bankers.Johnson not only voted yes to advance the TAG bill, he took to theSenate floor Wednesday to urge his fellow senators to vote for thebill.

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