Tag: export-import bank
What ever happened to Spencer Bachus?
For over 20 years, Birmingham-native Spencer Bachus represented Alabama's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1993 to 2015. At one point...
3 Alabama U.S. House members sign on to rare procedure to...
Monday night in a rare procedural move, with the support of three Alabama members the U.S. House of Representatives made a play to sidestep Republican leadership in hopes of reviving the Export-Import...
U.S. House of Representatives: Oct. 26 – Oct. 30
It's a week of pressing deadlines in the U.S. House of Representatives because the Speakership must be filled as John Boehner departs the House, the debt...
Daniel Sutter: R.I.P. Export-Import Bank, if we’re lucky
The authorization of the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank expired on June 30. Taxpayers can thus celebrate the demise of one of our most offensive corporate...
GOP-led Congress prepared to let Export-Import Bank expire
Congressional Republicans are poised to deal a sharp blow to their traditional allies in the business community by allowing the federal Export-Import Bank to...
Conservative group calls on governor to reject federal Ex-Im Bank
In a letter circulated by Rainy Day Patriots, executive director Zan Green and state co-chair Ann Eubank chided Gov. Robert Bentley for his support for the 71-year...