Ex-Im Bank Reauthorized for Four Years
December 9, 2015 10:32 amLate 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.
Tag Archive: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im Bank)
Highway Bill Includes Ex-Im Reauth
December 2, 2015 7:41 amThe 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.
Ex-Im Renewal Attached to Highway Bill
November 4, 2015 11:43 amThe 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.
House Supports Ex-Im Bank With Strong Majority Vote
October 28, 2015 11:26 amLast 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.
Efforts to Renew Ex-Im Bank Continue
October 22, 2015 12:54 pmTomorrow, 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.
Discharge Petition Brings Ex-Im Closer to Renewal
October 14, 2015 10:53 amEx-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.
Some House Republicans Aim to Force Ex-Im Vote
October 7, 2015 8:22 amA 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.
House Ex-Im Reauthorization Bill Reboot
September 30, 2015 8:09 amOn 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.
Ex-Im Reauthorization Fight Resumes this Fall
September 10, 2015 7:28 amAmong Congress' long list of fall priorities, is reauthorization of Ex-Im Bank which opponents, despite a clear majority of support in the House and Senate, have been able to prevent moving forward since June of this year.
Ex-Im Bank Amendment Expected in Highway Bill
July 22, 2015 10:37 amFollowing Congress' failure to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank in June, supporters in the Senate are aiming for inclusion of an amendment to the highway funding bill that would reauthorize the Bank - despite urging from House leadership not to do so.
