Legislators around the country continue to send furloughed federal workers to local credit unions for financial assistance as the government shutdown continues, and are also thanking local credit unions and leagues on social media.

The NCUA board approved the agency’s 2019 Annual Performance Plan at its Thursday meeting, and finalized a rule on required inflation adjustments to civil money penalties. The board also received a briefing on its new website.

Senate Republicans and Democrats announced and ratified committee assignments for the 116th Congress.The full list of committee assignments for the Senate Appropriations, Banking, Commerce, Finance and Judiciary Committee can be found on CUNA’s Removing Barriers Blog.