Export-Import Bank

[ ek-spawrt-im-pawrt, ek-spohrt-im-pohrt ]

/ ˈɛk spɔrtˈɪm pɔrt, ˈɛk spoʊrtˈɪm poʊrt /

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noun

a U.S. federal bank, established in 1934, that is authorized, in the interest of promoting foreign trade, to make loans to foreign governments and commercial enterprises, with the provision that such funds be used only to purchase U.S. goods.

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How to use Export-Import Bank in a sentence

How the Export-Import Bank” became a target “for Tea Party wrath is a little strange to me.
Lobbyist Derangement Syndrome Sweeps DC|James Poulos|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2012, he voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, one of the purest excresences of crony capitalism imaginable.
After Cochran’s Win: Red-State Socialism Must Be Stopped!|Nick Gillespie|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Today, the Export-Import Bank is closed, and so is the Small Business Administration.
This Shutdown Is Not the Same as 1995 and 1996…It’s Worse|Daniel Gross|October 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fred Hochberg, the nominee to head the Export-Import Bank, got 82 votes for both cloture and confirmation.
The Party of No Flirts With Yes as Mitch McConnell’s Grip on the GOP Slips|Michael Tomasky|July 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

He got exercised talking about the Export-Import Bank, which Congress voted to reauthorize this week after a long battle.
The Liberation of Rahm Emanuel, Obama Heavy Turned Chicago Mayor|Howard Kurtz|May 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We have expanded the Export-Import Bank and provided it with additional capital.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman|Harry S. Truman