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Depending on who you talk to, the Ex-Im Bank is either a financial support that U.S. exporters need to compete globally â or government interference in the private-sector lending market, primarily helping big companies that donât need it. (Getty Images File)

The pros and cons of reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank

Carla Kalogeridis · July 25, 2014 9:00 am

An Airbus A350 XWB flies on display during Farnborough International Air Show, Farnborough, England, Monday, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Airbus beats Boeing in airshow orders race

Danica Kirka · July 17, 2014 9:14 pm

Boeing raises forecast for new airplane demand

The Associated Press · July 10, 2014 3:27 pm

This Sunday, July 6, 2014 photo by Jerry Compton provided by Wiley E. Waters Whitewater Rafting shows a freight train that derailed near Alberton in western Montana, sending three cars carrying aircraft components down a steep embankment and into the Clark Fork River on Thursday, July 3. Removing three Boeing 737 fuselages could take until Tuesday. Montana Rail Link spokeswoman Lynda Frost said a crew of 50 with eight heavy equipment machines is working in conjunction on the steep bank. (AP Photo/Wiley E. Waters Whitewater Rafting, Jerry Compton)

Pulling fuselages from Montana river going ‘slow’

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2014 11:35 pm

Former U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., talks with reporters after announcing he will again run for congress in the 4th district in Wichita, Kan., Thursday, May 29, 2014. Tiahrt was 4th district congressman from 1995-2011. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Quasi-lobbyist runs as earmarker in Kansas GOP primary

Timothy P. Carney · July 5, 2014 9:00 pm

If anyone doubted that politics makes strange bedfellows, consider this: In the battle to renew the Export-Import Bank, Senate Democrats are lining up behind the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, while many Republicans are in sympathy with Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the iconic foe of crony capitalism. (Illustration by Chris Henderson/Examiner)

The fight in Congress that has Democrats defending big business

Susan Ferrechio · July 3, 2014 1:15 pm

Many liberals respond to the Export-Import Bank fight by shrugging, rolling their eyes, and saying "what an odd fight to pick." (AP Photo)

GOP: Just say ‘no’ to Export-Import Bank

Lawrence Kudlow · June 30, 2014 11:01 am

CEO and chief designer of SpaceX Elon Musk, left, and Export-Import Bank chairman and president Fred Hochberg speak at the 2014 annual conference of the Export-Import Bank on April 25, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

For every winner Export-Import Bank creates, there’s also a loser

Timothy P. Carney · June 28, 2014 9:00 pm

If our government wants to get more arms to our allies, a direct subsidy -- such as DOD footing half the bill of a new fighter jet to Georgia -- would be far more direct and transparent, and it wouldn't create all the economic inefficiencies Ex-Im creates. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The Export-Import Bank’s corporate welfare: War by other means

Timothy P. Carney · June 27, 2014 12:22 pm

A Delta Airlines Boeing 757 takes off Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Beltway Confidential

Delta Air Lines’ Export-Import Bank proposal: Stop giving subsidies to our foreign competitors

Timothy P. Carney · June 25, 2014 6:22 pm

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said new allegations about fraud and corruption at the Export-Import Bank influenced his decision to take a harder look at whether Congress should reauthorize it.ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner: Scandal could bring down Export-Import Bank

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2014 4:34 pm

Today's hearing on the Export-Import Bank is Rep. Jeb Hensarling's first big step to try to persuade Republicans to listen to the grass roots and oppose corporate welfare. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Somehow, Export-Import Bank became an issue

Timothy P. Carney · June 25, 2014 2:12 pm