CUNA PAC Money Helps Grow CURIA Sponsors

WASHINGTON – CUNA continued to sprinkle campaign contributions last month on sponsors of the CU Regulatory Improvements Act, or prospective CURIA sponsors, as the list of signees to the bill topped 100 earlier this week. Among those CURIA sponsors who received campaign contributions last month were: Reps. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa. ($10,000), the chief sponsor of the bill; Dan Burton, D-Ind. ($10,000); Rick Larsen, D-Wash. ($1,000); Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, D-Ohio ($2,500); Ted Poe, R-Texas ($1,000); Bart Stupak, D-Mich. ($2,500); Bob Filner, R-Calif. ($1,000); Dan Lipinski, D-Ill. ($1,000); Ed Royce, R-Calif. ($2,500); George Radanovich, R-Calif. ($2,000); Gus Bilarkis, R-Fla ($1,000); Henry Brown, R-S.C. ($5,000); James Walsh, R-N.Y. ($500); Joa Baca, D-Calif. ($1,000); Jon Porter, R-Nev. ($3,000); Tim Walberg, D-Mich. ($1,000); Mike Michaud, D-Me. ($2,500); Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich. ($1,100) and Ric Keller, R-Fla. ($3,000). CUNA also contributed to several leadership PACs last month, including: BRIDGE PAC ($5,000), operated by South Carolina Democrat James Clyburn; America Forward Leadership PAC, which supports Democrats ($1,000); Victory Now PAC, run by Democrat Chris Van Hollen of Maryland ($2,000); Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's AmeriPAC, Republicans ($2,500) and Growth and Prosperity PAC, for Alabama’s Spencer Bachus, the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee ($5,000). CUNA’s PAC raised $237,000 last month and spent $171,000, building its cash on hand to $302,000.