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Senate passes 11th-hour flood insurance extension

By John Siciliano
Published July 31, 2018 6:02pm ET
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Senate passes 11th-hour flood insurance extension
Michelle Laudermilch carries personal belongings to her car as she is asked to evacuate her home in Hummelstown due to flooding on the Swatara Creek near Hershey, Pa., on July 25. | (Sean Simmers/The Patriot-News via AP)

The Senate passed a short-term extension of the flood insurance program just hours before it was supposed to expire on Tuesday.

The upper chamber voted 86-12 on a bill to extend the National Flood Insurance Program through November.

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