Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a 2016 Republican presidential candidate, accused Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of telling a “flat-out lie” about allowing an amendment to push through Ex-Im reauthorization. Cruz rose to deliver his remarks moments after McConnell had lined up a vote to reauthorize funding for the Export-Import Bank in the coming days, which expired on June 30.
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