A healthy Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) is pivotal to the creation and sustainability of U.S. jobs in manufacturing, as well as increasing U.S. exports, thereby improving the balance of trade between the U.S. and high export countries. This legislation reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank for the next ten years and would gradually increase the bank’s lending authority by $40 billion, resulting in an expansion of projects. Although the bill would rename the Export-Import Bank as the “United States Export Finance Agency,” its intended mission “to assist in financing the export of U.S. goods and services” would remain unchanged. The legislation also includes provisions that reform the Bank’s quorum rules that have severely limited the Bank’s viability in recent years. This bill passed the House on Nov. 15, 2019.
Vote result: Passed
YEAs: 235
NAYs: 184
Legislator | State | District | Party Sort descending | Vote | |
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Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III | 4 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Terri Sewell | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Zoe Lofgren | 18 | Democrat | Not Voting | ||
Rep. Ed Perlmutter | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. José E. Serrano | 15 | Democrat | Not Voting | ||
Rep. Grace Meng | 6 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Cynthia Axne | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jimmy Gomez | 34 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. John Yarmuth | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Dave Loebsack | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Mike Doyle | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jim Himes | 4 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks | 5 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Cedric Richmond | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jared Golden | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Daniel Lipinski | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Bennie Thompson | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. | 10 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Lloyd Doggett | 37 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Robin Kelly | 2 | Democrat | Yes |