NU Online News Service, July 15, 10:57 a.m. EDT

Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., today characterized as "absurd" a decision by House officials not to allow a floor vote on an amendment to the National Flood Insurance Program that would add wind coverage to the program.

The insurance industry opposes adding wind to the program. In one comment earlier Wednesday, an official of the Property Casualty Insurers Association said adding wind to the program would be a "bad policy decision."

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