CUNA Is Cultivating Congressional Leadership

Published October 01, 2007, 1:00 a.m. EDT

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Updated August 27, 2020, 1:37 a.m. EDT

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WASHINGTON - CUNA continued last month to build ties with congressional leaders and key constituency groups, doling out $20,000 to five so-called leadership PACs.

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Contributions went to the National Leadership PAC, a Democratic group headed by House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel of New York ($1,000); Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (CAMPAC), a Republican leadership PAC headed by Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan ($5,000); Bart's Bridge PAC, headed by Democrat Bart Stupak of Michigan ($5,000); Freedom Fund, Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo's leadership PAC ($4,000); and Alliance for the West, a leadership PAC for Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho ($5,000).

CUNA also contributed to several congressional newcomers, including Adrian Smith, a Republican state lawmaker in Nebraska ($4,000); Joan Fitz-Gerald, a Colorado Democrat ($5,000) and Laura Richardson, a California Democrat who won last June's special election to fill the seat of the late Juanita Millender-McDonald ($2,500).

Other large contributions went to: Reps. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, $5,000; Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), $5,000 and Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), $5,000.

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