U.S. Export-Import Bank expires: Obama will try to revive it at July 8 meeting

The charter of the 81-year-old U.S. Export-Import Bank, which guarantees overseas sales of U.S. products — notably Boeing commercial jets — expires at midnight Tuesday, because Congress neglected to renew the agency before going on a prolonged July 4th recess. President Obama will try to revive Ex-Im at a July 8th meeting at the White House, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said late Tuesday. Boeing’s  787 Dreamliner:  The aircraft manufacturer has used financing from the U.S. Export Import Bank to sell hundreds of its aircraft to overseas customers. Aubrey Cohen/seattlepi.com) “There are enough votes in both the Senate and House to renew, if we can get a vote,” Cantwell told SeattlePI.com.  [...]