The legislation creates a federal bailout program principally designed to benefit hurricane-threatened Florida at the expense of taxpayers in all 50 states.
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The House Democratic Leadership today sided with taxpayer and environmental groups and removed from the House floor a bill (HR 1264) that would expand the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to include coverage for windstorms.