April 25, 2018 4:29 pm
Published by Jody Milanese
According to the White House, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jeffrey Gerrish will be named Acting President of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im) while maintaining his position at the USTR office.
January 20, 2016 10:37 am
Published by Jody Milanese
Last week, Ex-Im Bank released its 2015 Annual Report, highlighting its $12.4 billion in total authorizations which supported more than $17 billion in U.S. exports.
December 9, 2015 10:32 am
Published by Jody Milanese
Late last week, President Obama signed into law a five-year transportation package which included a provision to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, something NSBA supported.
December 2, 2015 7:41 am
Published by Jody Milanese
The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. is set to be renewed for more than four years as part of the long-term highway bill reported out by conferees on Dec. 1.
November 4, 2015 11:43 am
Published by Jody Milanese
The House is expected to take up a six-year highway bill that includes the Ex-Im Bank renewal language, despite plans from several Republicans to offer poison-pill amendments during the process.
October 28, 2015 11:26 am
Published by Jody Milanese
Last night, majorities of both parties in the House voted overwhelmingly (313-118) in favor of reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank, nearly four months after partisan politics shut it down.
October 22, 2015 12:54 pm
Published by Jody Milanese
Tomorrow, a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Ex-Im Bank, which follows the efforts of bipartisan leaders who broke the stalemate and paved a path for an upcoming vote on reauthorization.
October 14, 2015 10:53 am
Published by Jody Milanese
Ex-Im Bank is one step closer to being reauthorized, after Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) filed a discharge petition--the first successful one of its kind in nearly a decade--to force a floor vote in the House on legislation to renew Ex-Im.
The move to save Ex-Im represents the first successful discharge petition in nearly a decade, as it is a rare legislative procedural maneuver that bypasses the usual process of moving legislation through a committee to the House floor. Last week, approximately 42 Republicans joined nearly every Democrats to reach the necessary signatures needed to force a vote—expected on Oct. 26—to renew Ex-Im’s charter. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, became the 218th signature on the Ex-Im discharge petition, setting the bill up for a full House vote likely later this month.
October 7, 2015 8:22 am
Published by Jody Milanese
A group of House Republicans are attempting to reauthorize Ex-Im Bank through a rare legislative procedural maneuver that would bypass the process of moving legislation through a committee to the House floor.
September 30, 2015 8:09 am
Published by Jody Milanese
On Sept. 25, legislation was introduced in the House to reauthorize Ex-Im Bank, and could stand a bettter chance given Speaker Boehner's imminent departure, given he is no longer beholden to the Bank’s powerful opponents.