The Senate approved legislation Sept. 26 that includes a provision keeping the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in business, at least through Nov. 18.
By a 79-12 vote, the Senate ended an impasse that threatened a government shutdown at midnight Sept. 30 by approving a continuing resolution that will keep the government funded for the next six weeks.
The key to the Senate vote was a determination by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that it had enough money to fund its emergency-loan program through the end of the current fiscal year without an additional infusion of government cash.
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