Another #GOPshutdown: Republicans Let Ex-Im Bank's Charter Expire!

The job-creating Export-Import Bank's charter expired at midnight under Speaker Boehner's watch for the first time since it was created in 1934 during the Great Depression.

USA Today – Congress lets Export-Import Bank expire

The Denver Post – Death of Ex-Im Bank will hurt Colorado

The Aviation News Magazine – Ex-Im Bank Charter Expires as U.S. Congress Takes Holiday

WAMC Northeast Public Radio –  Congress Leaves For Recess Without Reauthorizing Export-Import Bank

CNN – Export-Import Bank goes on hiatus

CBS News – Export-Import Bank expires

The Seattle Times stated: "Jobs will be lost.  Companies will go out of business."  [6/30/15]  And perhaps Don Nelson, President of California-based ProGauge Technologies, said it best when describing Republicans' dysfunction, obstruction and distraction:

"They really don't have a clue what they're doing or the damage they're going to inflict on small businesses in America by closing the Ex-Im bank."

The first 170 days of the Republican Congress have been anything but productive for the American people looking to expand their paychecks.  This is yet another blow to our competitiveness and economy.