WASHINGTON--Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., who is pushing to add wind coverage to the National Flood Insurance Program, has written the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, urging him to support that change.

In a letter Friday to Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Mass., Sen. Clinton said she believed that adding coverage to the NFIP--as proposed in legislation passed by the House Sept. 27 as H.R. 3121--"should merit our consideration and support."

She added, "Congressman Gene Taylor, D-Miss., and others have offered a sound and responsible proposal that according to the CBO [Congressional Budged Office] would have 'no significant net budgetary impact' while providing an effective and workable solution for homeowners."

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