Tag: Club for Growth

Ex-Im Bank Funds Green Jobs Overseas

Bill Richardson sits on Ex-Im Bank committee, board of loan-recipient Spain's Abengoa

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Bill Richardson / AP

The U.S. Export-Import Bank recently steered hundreds of millions of dollars in federal loans to Spanish green energy conglomerate Abengoa, which happens to share an advisory board member with the bank.

Cobbling Together a Cliff Coalition

GOP leadership united on fiscal cliff deal despite conservative complaints, aides say

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AP

Negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff entered a critical stage this week as the outlines of a potential compromise began to materialize.

Gone with the Wind

Green energy firm sacks two-thirds of American workforce days after receiving $32 million government loan

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AP

Just days after the Export-Import Bank approved a multi-million dollar federal loan guarantee to benefit a mostly foreign-based wind-energy outfit, the company pink-slipped more than 200 American workers.