End Ex-Im Bank, the government’s Enron

By rep-bill-flores, Mike Lee

Published May 21, 2015 9:00am ET

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End Ex-Im Bank, the government’s Enron — President Barack Obama signs the 2012 reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank during an event at the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)Â | Alex Wong

Congress has a choice to make, with a deadline of June 30. It can either renew the authorization of the Export-Import Bank — a taxpayer-backed credit agency that picks winners and losers in the marketplace — or let it expire and begin the bank’s orderly winding-down.

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