by David Rogers of Politico.com

The Export-Import Bank won a new lease on life from Congress on Tuesday, as the Senate approved a House-passed bill extending the bank’s charter through September 2014 and raising its loan exposure cap to $140 billion — a 40 percent increase.

The 78-20 vote ends months of haggling over the future of the low-profile agency that has more than doubled its annual loan activity since the 2008 financial collapse but also become an easy target for Republican tea party forces at war with the GOP’s older corporate establishment.

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In February, Export-Import Bank President Fred Hochberg visited the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering.  For the full story, visit here.