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• A Look at the Second Session

  - 2004-02-01

  No one should expect that the second session of the 108th Congress will be wildly productive, legislatively speaking. After all, it's an election year. We can't expect a repeat of 2003, in which members of Congress introduced nearly 7,000 pieces of legislation - reportedly a record. Of course, not all...

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• We're developing a message, an economic message". (One on One).

  - 2003-02-03

  The life insurance industry's top lobbyist has struck out on his own. Philmore B. Anderson, who formerly oversaw lobbying activities at the American Council of Life Insurers in Washington, has opened a Washington-based consulting firm, Anderson Pitts LLC. In this new...

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• A sense of new year's resolve

  - 2003-01-01

  Banking Trends in Washington As we welcome the 108th Congress to Washington this month, it's with the hope and expectation that our lawmakers will be able to focus more of their time and energy on issues affecting financial services institutions. The previous Congress understandably devoted much of its time...

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• ABA unit seeks U.S. insurer charter.

  - 2000-11-27

  * The ABA Insurance Association, an affiliate of the American Bankers Association, is the first industry group to draft possible legislation allowing optional federal chartering of insurance companies. Other industry groups are working on drafting their own plans, indicating that the issue may be moving up...

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• Political animals

  - 2000-10-01

  BUT NOT ALL OF WHAT TRANSPIRES WORKS IN FAVOR OF BANKING-USUALLY THE OPPOSITE, IN FACT. NOT TO WORRY, THE BANKING LOBBYISTS ARE ON THE JOB. INSIDE THE BEEHIVE that is our nation's capital, the banking lobbyists are at it day in and day outdoggedly meeting, greeting, extrapolating, exaggerating, and...

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• Bankers File New Suit Against N.C.U.A. in Credit Union Fight

  - 1970-01-01

  WASHINGTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 6, 1997--The California Bankers Association CBA and the American Bankers Association ABA today filed a new suit in District of Columbia Federal Court, challenging the legality of "community" membership criteria established for credit unions by the Washington-based National Credit Union Administration NCUA. The action alleges...

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