Republicans won enough Senate seats in the mid-term elections to win a slim majority of 52 out of 100, as credit unions lost two strong Democratic supporters.
The GOP also picked up seats in the House of Representatives. As a result, the Republicans will have a majority in both the House and Senate in the next Congress.
Republican Rep. Cory Gardner defeated Sen. Mark Udall in Colorado. CUNA and NAFCU supported Udall's re-election campaign and praised the senator's dedication to lifting the member business lending cap. Udall, pictured above speaking at CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference, had sponsored the MBL bill in the Senate.
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