Democrats mobilise to force vote on US Ex-Im reauthorisation

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Oliver Gordon

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The US’ House of Democrats today set in motion a process to bypass the House Republican leadership that would force a vote on legislation to the extend the charter of the country’s export credit agency, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im). The move comes with just 26 legislative days left until the bank is due to shut down on 30 June.