September 30, 2011
The House of Representatives yesterday approved a temporary continuing resolution that funds the government through next Tuesday, Oct. 4, which is when Congress is expected to consider another short-term resolution funding the government through Nov. 18. The latest bill includes …
September 26, 2011
The federal program that insures homes against flood damage expires next Friday and is at risk of not being renewed, even as an early fall storm threatens to inundate much of the northeastern United States yet again. Industry executives say …
September 22, 2011
The House of Representatives unexpectedly defeated a bill that would fund the federal government [including the federal flood insurance program] past Sept. 30 Wednesday as dozens of Republicans broke with their party to push for deeper spending cuts. The unexpected …
July 12, 2011
Closing the federal flood insurance program would put millions of homeowners at risk and cost taxpayers billions of dollars, insurers are warning after a Republican lawmaker filed legislation to eliminate the federal program. “Eliminating the National Flood Insurance Program is …