Key Vote: No on House Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization

On Monday, the House will vote to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. Having expired this summer, a band of Representatives summoned a seldom-used parliamentary procedure known as a discharge petition to skirt the usual legislative process and force a vote on the House floor for H.R. 3611, the Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015. The Ex-Im Bank is the poster-child for corporate welfare and a hallmark of cronyism. Further, the Export-Import bank is used to provide hundreds of millions of dollars a year for unnecessary energy subsidies that distort the market and hurt consumers. The American Energy Alliance urges all Members to oppose reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank and vote against H.R. 3611.