NAFCU and CUNA have each produced videos that urge credit unions and affected members to contact their senators in support of member business lending legislation, while lawmakers are home during the Senate's spring recess.

While nobody knows exactly when the Senate will vote on S.2231, the bill is on the Senate's calendar after it returns April 16, CUNA President/CEO Bill Cheney told viewers.

In addition to the traditional methods of writing, calling and emailing senators, Cheney also urged credit unions and their supporters to attend town hall meetings in senators' home states, and ask about credit union member business lending. Supporters can also “like” a senator's Facebook page and post something about S.2231 there, he said.

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