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In the chaos of a leaderless party and a massive budget deal, K Street Republicans, led by Tennessee Rep. Stephen Fincher, teamed up with Democrats to pass a bill Tuesday night to revive the defunct Export-Import Bank.

This bill's passage certainly doesn't guarantee the revival of Ex-Im, which subsidized foreign buyers of U.S.-made goods. It does pose an early test for presumptive Speaker Paul Ryan, though.

The background:

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