With Congress only having a few weeks to finish up a ton of business before adjourning for the fall election season--and perhaps until 2009--what are the chances that any significant action will be taken on a host of insurance-related bills before Washington becomes a ghost town? Read on for my handicapping.
Playing odds maker, the following are the major bills on tap, and what I think of their chances for passage. Feel free to weigh in with your own assessments.
The Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, which passed the House and Senate, but in quite different versions, with the House inclusion of wind coverage the biggest sticking point.
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