Bipartisan Senate duo looks to help more small businesses sell goods overseas 

A bipartisan pair of lawmakers, Sens. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), will introduce a bill Thursday aimed at helping American small businesses get loans to export their goods abroad. 

The bill, the Regional Export Promotion Act, would make permanent a program within the Export-Import Bank that helps states and cities connect local businesses with financing opportunities for selling their goods overseas. 

“Small businesses and local chambers of commerce are the backbone of Maryland’s economy,” Alsobrooks said in a statement. “Providing these businesses with the tools and financing they need to grow their market share and sell their products abroad will create more........

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