The House on Wednesday passed a four-month extension of the nation’s indebted flood insurance program after Republican leaders rejected an attempt by Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling to include a handful of reforms.
House Republicans called up the bill under rules requiring a quicker debate and a two-thirds majority vote, and it passed 366-52.
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