{"id":6306,"date":"2026-08-19T09:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/?p=6306"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:09:14","slug":"league-members-engage-with-congressional-credit-union-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/?p=6306","title":{"rendered":"League Members Engage with Congressional Credit Union Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>During August, Senators and Representatives return home during district work periods to visit with constituents and learn more about important issues facing their states and districts.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6308  alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leg1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"175\" \/><br \/>With members of Congress and their staff spending time in their districts, these opportunities outside the legislative session allow credit unions to strengthen relationships with policymakers and continue advancing priorities that support the credit union movement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6309  alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leg2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"167\" \/>Credit union leaders and your Nebraska Credit Union League (NCUL) staff engaged in two opportunities with important credit union \u201cchampions\u201d in Congress: Rep. Mike Flood and the key legislative staff for Senator Deb Fischer.<\/p>\n<p>NCUL encourages credit unions to stay engaged with advocacy efforts throughout the recess <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6310  alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leg3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"149\" \/>and to\u00a0share opportunities\u00a0for elected officials to visit their institutions and see firsthand how credit unions improve the financial well-being of members and communities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;] During August, Senators and Representatives return home during district work periods to visit with constituents and learn more about important issues facing their states and districts.With members of Congress and their staff spending time in their districts, these opportunities outside the legislative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}