State's Exports Won't Collapse If Ex-Im Bank Goes Away

With its June 30 expiration date quickly approaching, there are very few working days left should Congress want to address the termination of the Export-Import Bank - a federal outfit that mainly extends loans and loan guarantees to successful, well-connected foreign companies. At the center of the debate has been House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Dallas, who noted last month: "The American people do not want privilege and subsidy. What they want is freedom and opportunity." Chairman Hensarling was referring to Ex-Im's problematic, and often corrupt, history.