Blog Articles · Jul 21, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Cronyism

Small Biz Owner on Ex-Im Bank: "For Smaller Companies, It's Useless"

A recurring theme among Export-Import Bank supporters is that, at its heart, it's all about small business. One Tallahassee small business owner was completely...

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Blog Articles · Jul 15, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Cronyism

Paul Ryan on Export-Import Bank: "I want to get rid of it"

Yesterday, in a speech at Hillsdale College's Kirby Center, House Budget Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) expressed his desire to end the Export-Import Bank...

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Blog Articles · Jul 1, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Infrastructure

Highway Funding: Is 7 Percent a Crisis?

"It's not socialism...We're just building roads and bridges." That was President Obama's argument today as he urged Congress to bail out the federal Highway...

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Blog Articles · Jun 9, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Cronyism

Lawmaker's Company Received Corporate Welfare from Ex-Im Bank

Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) supports the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, which comes as no surprise once you know that he's benefited from its...

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Blog Articles · Jun 8, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Cronyism

Real Facts of the Export-Import Bank

The REAL Facts on the Export-Import Bank from Heritage Action for America Despite torrents of opposition to the Ex-Im slush fund for corporate...

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Blog Articles · Jun 1, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Cronyism, Infrastructure

Another Highway Bailout and How Not to Finance It

On May 30, 2014, House Republican Leaders announced a plan to bail out the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF) to the tune of $1...

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