Key Vote Alert – “NO” on Adding Ex-Im to the Defense Bill (HR 1735)

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KEY VOTE ALERT

“NO” on Adding Ex-Im to the Defense Bill (HR 1735)

The Club for Growth urges all Senators to vote “NO” on any amendment to the National Defense Reauthorization Act (HR 1735) that would reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.  This includes all procedural votes.  If such an amendment passes, the Club for Growth will score against the underlying bill.  This could also include procedural votes that help advance the bill.  These votes will be included in the Club for Growth’s 2015 Congressional Scorecard.

The Export-Import Bank is nothing more than a slush fund for corporate welfare.  It’s also riddled with corruption and graft.  Senators committed to fiscal conservatism and limited government should use all procedural tactics to block consideration of any amendment that reauthorizes the Bank.  Failing that, they should oppose the amendment, and if need be, the underlying bill.

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