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Friday 6 November 2015

First Trump political ads for radio hit familiar themes

nents have no experience ning for president because
in creating jobs or making politicians are all talk and
deals. no action. They will never
“If the people of Iowa vote make our country great
for me, you’ll never be dis- again,” she says.
appointed. I don’t disap- The ads mark Trump’s first
point people. I produce,” paid advertising of the
he says. The other ad fea- campaign and come as
tures a female narrator pro- his rivals and their backer
moting Trump’s biography have been spending mil-
and policy plans, includ- lions flooding the airwaves
ing his vow to build a wall of early voting states both
along the southern border with radio and much
and make Mexico pay for more expensive television
it. “Donald Trump is run- spots.q

Secretary of State Bill Gardner watches at left as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
shows off his filling fee check after filing papers to be on the nation’s earliest presidential primary
ballot, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at The Secretary of State’s office in Concord, N.H.

(AP Photo/Jim Cole)

JILL COLVIN of the month. Trump, who for me to start advertising a
Associated Press dominated summer opin- little bit,” he said.
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey ion surveys, is stepping up One of the ads, aimed at
(AP) — Republican presi- efforts to fend off challeng- Iowa voters, features Trump
dential candidate Donald ers who have been attract- talking about many of his
Trump began airing his first ing new attention from vot- usual campaign themes in-
campaign ads on Thurs- ers and donors. cluding trade, defense and
day with two radio spots in During an appearance on immigration.
three early-voting states. the “Today” show Thursday “Our country is in deep
The 60-second commer- morning, Trump said the trouble because, let’s face
cials will be airing in Iowa, $300,000 buy shouldn’t be it, politicians are all talk, no
New Hampshire and South seen as an indication that action,” he says in the spot,
Carolina through the end he’s feeling heat. “It’s time charging that his oppo-

Momentum builds for Export-Import Bank

ANDREW TAYLOR June 30, and it has been the chamber voting in fa-
Associated Press unable to approve new fi- vor.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Con- nancing applications since Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis-
gressional backers of the then. consin, opposes reauthoriz-
U.S. Export-Import Bank The Export-Import reautho- ing the bank but he did not
are close to reviving it four rization has had a tortuous use his new power to try to
months after conservative path. Opposition from key interfere with its renewal.
foes ensured that its char- committee chairmen and On Wednesday night, bank
ter expired. top House leaders like Ma- supporters easily beat back
The bank helps overseas jority Leader Kevin McCar- a series of amendments
buyers get financing to thy, a Republican, kept leg- they said were aimed at
purchase U.S. exports, and islation reviving the bank derailing the bank’s reau-
a provision reauthorizing it from a vote for months. thorization.
was attached to a popu- Supporters, with tacit en- “Understand the real pur-
lar but unrelated highway couragement from former pose of these amend-
measure that the House House Speaker John Boeh- ments.
passed 363-64 on Thurs- ner, a Republican, finally
day. The bank enjoys wide- mounted a petition drive If it were to perfect the
spread support in the Sen- to force a vote, and the bill, then the authors
ate, and the provision is a measure sailed through the would have been work-
good bet to survive nego- House last week by a 313- ing with us six months ago
tiations on a final bill. 118 vote — with a majority or three months ago,”
The bank’s charter expired of Republicans controlling said Rep. Frank Lucas, a
Republican.q