As a U.S. senator, Barack Obama co-sponsored the “Homeowners Defense Act,” derided as a “Beach House Bailout,” because it helps put a government backstop behind hurricane insurance. In 2008, Democrats explicitly endorsed a similar beach house bailout in their platform:

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