Washington
The U.S. Senate passed legislation last week extending thecontroversial National Flood Insurance Program until Oct. 31 whiletalks continue on a more permanent reauthorization–a year-longdebate complicated by a scathing report from the GovernmentAccountability Office.
The interim extension was approved on a 62-38 vote. It wasincluded in a continuing resolution funding the program, mostly atcurrent levels, for another month while work continues on a myriadof appropriations bills. The House of Representatives included theone-month extension in its own continuing resolution on Sept.25.
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