Cronyist Lawmakers Move to Revive the Ex-Im Bank
This July, an 80-year-old corporate welfare program known as the U.S. Export-Import Bank was allowed to expire for the first time since its inception. Created by FDR as part of his New Deal, the bank...
View ArticleFreedomWorks Scores Against Signers of Ex-Im Petition on Scorecard
Last Friday, 218 Members of the House (including 42 Republicans) made a sudden and uncommon move called a discharge petition to bring a re-authorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank out of committee...
View ArticleFreedomWorks Responds to Comments by Boehner’s Chief of Staff to Liberal...
Speaking to the liberal Republican Main Street Partnership last week, Speaker John Boehner’s chief of staff, Mike Sommers, named the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank as one of the main...
View ArticleReturn of the Son of the Ex-Im Bank
The U.S. Export-Import Bank is the poster child for the problem of special interests in politics. The 80-year-old program may seem like small potatoes compared to the massive spending projects that are...
View ArticleFreedomWorks Key Vote NO on the Highway Bill and Its Re-Authorization of the...
On behalf of our over 6.9 million activists nationwide, I urge you to call your representative and ask him or her to vote NO on the DRIVE Act, H.R. 22. This bill would not only bail out the insolvent...
View ArticleFreedomWorks’ Statement on the Federal Highway Bill and Ex-Im Reauthorization
Ahead of expected votes on the federal highway bill, which will likely include reauthorization of the crony Export-Import Bank, FreedomWorks National Director of Grassroots Noah Wall...
View ArticleKey Vote NO on the Highway Conference Bill and Ex-Im Reauthorization
On behalf of our over 6.9 million activists nationwide, I urge you to call your senators and representative and ask them to vote NO on the highway bill conference report, which has been renamed the...
View ArticleBoeing Doesn't Have a Case Against Bombardier
Boeing, the very same company, that received a whopping $7.4 billion in long-term loan guarantees from the Import-Export bank in 2014 recently submitted a formal U.S. trade complaint against...
View ArticleSupport the Export-Import Bank Termination Act, H.R. 3114
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and urge him or her to cosponsor the Export-Import Bank Termination Act, H.R. 3114, sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash...
View ArticleBoeing Marches Onward Under a Cronyist Banner
Competition is the hallmark of our economy. It promotes freedom of choice, innovation, and will lead to better products and prices for consumers. Not only that, but it is a key driver of job growth for...
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