Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is taking extraordinary steps to force a compromise on a proposed amendment to pending legislation that would indefinitely delay politically-sensitive hikes in flood insurance premiums scheduled to go into effect next year.
Reid, D-Nev., announced late May 9 that he has scheduled a May 13 vote on a motion to limit debate on water resources legislation.
He is doing so as a means to force Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., manager of the legislation, to come to some sort of compromise with Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
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