Well i guess it is nice to have so many excuses to not sign something of such great importance. Why dont they stop making excuses and just sign it! There are thousands of people who have their lives on hold waiting for this and congress is going to take a week long vacation!
Here is to my hearfelt hope and prayer, that a Congressman or Senator’s nice beachhouse is flooded and destroyed after their Flood policy is not renewed!
This is absolutely ridiculous! This is causing our economy to suffer even more and while hurrican season is fast approaching, good people who are trying to close on homes can’t do that unless the lenders are willing to accept insurance binders, etc. or just take a risk and a lot of them are not willing to do that! We have been waiting for a month now–can’t believe it!!! This is unacceptable!!!
My feelings exactly – maybe one of those nice senators from the south’s flood coverage has expired and Alex will take care of the rest for his or her nice beach house. I personally and affected as my flood coverage USED TO BE EFF 6/15 and I live in a coastal county.
The Republicans seem to avioid this and the unemployment extensions like the plague…I have clients in SACTO. waiting for coverage and my husband waiting for the extension…..what a way to stimulate the economy! Get with it….gee, for an election year, they are sure dragging their bu**s!
Amazing to think that legislation as important as this program is to the economy, that it has to be packaged with a number of other amendments/bills which are totally unrelated.
Its time to vote the incumbants out, and if their replacements don’t understand the message, vote those idiots out as well.
Congress can’t get anything important done. Cram a worthless healthcare bill down our throats like it is an emergency and forget about the NFIP. How ironic it is that we have oil in the Gulf (thanks BP), Obama has only made it worse, congress drills Tony like a firing squad, now hurricane’s coming and the only hope people on the coast have for an oil claim from hurricanes is flood. I write homeowners and flood in Fla. Since June 1 I have had hardly any new business because lenders won’t close a loan. As if the oil crisis and housing bust wasn’t bad enough. Real estate was actually starting to move before this and now has basically stopped. I hope they have a great vacation while they contemplate their next raise. PEOPLE, remember this come election day. Just remember. I for one will be cleaning house with my vote. We need true leadership and not a bunch of talking do nothings.
Agree wholeheartedly – not only property in danger, but also lives! I think it is criminal!
Yes, we should show up at the polls, but also town hall meetings; and I would encourage anyone with the means to run for office themselves! Take charge!
Listen up Congressman and senators!
It’s very simple. Just make the reauthorization of the NFIP a stand-alone bill period. Now Senator’s, let’s do the right thing and vote to reauthorize and fund the NFIP because it’s the right thing to do for the American People. After all, you work for the people who put you in office. We have people buying homes who can’t purchase flood insurance nor renew the existing flood insurance policies they currently have. I thought people were to be held accountable. What happened to the US Senators who want to continue to play with words and put peoples homes as risk by flooding and not have flood insurance.
The tax payers will be footing the bill.
Wake up Congressman and Senators before it’s too late.
They pulled NFIP out of the big bill they bunched it up with and it’s a stand alone bill now…you would think they could get their act together enough to vote it through! The House sent it on June 23rd and Senate still can’t seem to pass it through! I am so frustrated over all of this…it’s truly mind boggeling that this has happened for what, the fourth time!
You can bet if the Sen. needed flood insurance on their homes they would not be dragging their feet. But then they can always get that home fixed under-the-table where WE AMERICANS WHO PAY TAXES can continue to pay taxes and fix our own homes.
Something needs to be done to clean up Washington. NOW
For clarification, the Democrat House continues to bundle Flood with unemployment extensions, new bailouts and giveaway; the Senate will not pass this. From the beginning, Flood should have been extended, stand-alone – but that is not the way things are done in “today’s” Washington. It is the Democrats who wish to unnecessarily attach Flood to this other legislation. $13 TRILLION and counting, and they can’t even extend a FUNDED program that works for consumers and helps the economy…
It is obscene that the NFIP bill has ANY attachments. It is obscene that work on this bill is repeatedly interrupted vy “holidays” … get the damned job done then take a vacation!
This is so frustrating, watching home loans not being closed due to no NFIP program in place, watching people panic because it is hurricane season and no NFIP program in place, watching insurance agents loose money because no NFIP program is in place, watching people suffer because no NFIP program is in place. OUR House of Reps and Senators need to step back and remember what the real world is like. The real world does not contain fancy cars, homes, vacations & pay. The real world does not get a 2 week vacation every 2 months. The real world is struggling and if feels like OUR House of Reps, Congress and Senate do not care.
Suggestion: Between now and July 15 when our overworked Representatives return to Washington to carry out their important work, SEND an e-mail or snail-mail of your outrage over the Flood scandal to every one of your Congressmen and Senators. Let them experience a small, representative sampling of what a FLOOD looks like when their mailboxes and e-mail boxes are overflowing with your outrage! FLOOD them with mail. They may not be able to balance a checkbook, but they can count VOTES! Do it now. Do it today.
Now they are using the excuse of Senator Byrds death to delay this EVEN MORE. My clients are not getting their renewal bills so they can pay the premiums, much less the new people trying to purchase homes. WHAT NEXT??? This is horrible.
I was wondering the same thing, no media on except the oil, I am from Pensacola, family in Gulf Shores, and its SAD…but the media coverage should be split between that and the NFIP extension..that will be sadder as it is a situation that can be changed RIGHT NOW..come on guys, JUST DO IT! NObama is not even speaking about that at all, he is too busy with BP, but sure, his home is in no danger like the rest of us.
I would like a list of the senators that are holding this bill or trying to push other agenda items along with the bill. This is a disgrace. Our office at Crystal Beach on Bolivar has suffered enough.
Buddy,
The Senate is holding up the extension, but it is doing so because the House wants to put it in with stimulus legislation. The Senate has already indicated that they would extend the Flood program, but would not vote for the attachments. In the past, the House and Senate have proposed and passed “stand-alone” extensions. This is arrogant, harmful politics at its worst. Specifically, House DEMOCRATS want to attach “the pork” to the Flood extension, knowing the Senate will not approve. Again, contact ALL of your Congressmen!
The vote last night given to the Senate was a stand alone bill. SENATE would not pass alone. Wanted to ad unemployment extensions, and others. It will be interesting to see if tax credit gets extended. It is also in senate but is not a stand alone.
Linda D and Buddy,
Senate did pass “unencumbered” Extension, but only to 9/30, but at least it is extended. Democrats, via Sen. Dick Durbin (D), had stymied the Senate’s attempt yesterday by AGAIN attaching the “pork”; therefore it failed yesterday. Apparently, Dems feel they can get more mileage out of Flood play; thus, the latest short term extension. Expect more of the same in September – and for no other reason but politics.
Well i guess it is nice to have so many excuses to not sign something of such great importance. Why dont they stop making excuses and just sign it! There are thousands of people who have their lives on hold waiting for this and congress is going to take a week long vacation!
You are right Katie. If they were voting on a raise for themselves I’m sure they would have gotten to it.
Here is to my hearfelt hope and prayer, that a Congressman or Senator’s nice beachhouse is flooded and destroyed after their Flood policy is not renewed!
This is absolutely ridiculous! This is causing our economy to suffer even more and while hurrican season is fast approaching, good people who are trying to close on homes can’t do that unless the lenders are willing to accept insurance binders, etc. or just take a risk and a lot of them are not willing to do that! We have been waiting for a month now–can’t believe it!!! This is unacceptable!!!
My feelings exactly – maybe one of those nice senators from the south’s flood coverage has expired and Alex will take care of the rest for his or her nice beach house. I personally and affected as my flood coverage USED TO BE EFF 6/15 and I live in a coastal county.
Agreed!!
The Republicans seem to avioid this and the unemployment extensions like the plague…I have clients in SACTO. waiting for coverage and my husband waiting for the extension…..what a way to stimulate the economy! Get with it….gee, for an election year, they are sure dragging their bu**s!
Amazing to think that legislation as important as this program is to the economy, that it has to be packaged with a number of other amendments/bills which are totally unrelated.
Its time to vote the incumbants out, and if their replacements don’t understand the message, vote those idiots out as well.
Congress can’t get anything important done. Cram a worthless healthcare bill down our throats like it is an emergency and forget about the NFIP. How ironic it is that we have oil in the Gulf (thanks BP), Obama has only made it worse, congress drills Tony like a firing squad, now hurricane’s coming and the only hope people on the coast have for an oil claim from hurricanes is flood. I write homeowners and flood in Fla. Since June 1 I have had hardly any new business because lenders won’t close a loan. As if the oil crisis and housing bust wasn’t bad enough. Real estate was actually starting to move before this and now has basically stopped. I hope they have a great vacation while they contemplate their next raise. PEOPLE, remember this come election day. Just remember. I for one will be cleaning house with my vote. We need true leadership and not a bunch of talking do nothings.
Agree wholeheartedly – not only property in danger, but also lives! I think it is criminal!
Yes, we should show up at the polls, but also town hall meetings; and I would encourage anyone with the means to run for office themselves! Take charge!
Listen up Congressman and senators!
It’s very simple. Just make the reauthorization of the NFIP a stand-alone bill period. Now Senator’s, let’s do the right thing and vote to reauthorize and fund the NFIP because it’s the right thing to do for the American People. After all, you work for the people who put you in office. We have people buying homes who can’t purchase flood insurance nor renew the existing flood insurance policies they currently have. I thought people were to be held accountable. What happened to the US Senators who want to continue to play with words and put peoples homes as risk by flooding and not have flood insurance.
The tax payers will be footing the bill.
Wake up Congressman and Senators before it’s too late.
They pulled NFIP out of the big bill they bunched it up with and it’s a stand alone bill now…you would think they could get their act together enough to vote it through! The House sent it on June 23rd and Senate still can’t seem to pass it through! I am so frustrated over all of this…it’s truly mind boggeling that this has happened for what, the fourth time!
You can bet if the Sen. needed flood insurance on their homes they would not be dragging their feet. But then they can always get that home fixed under-the-table where WE AMERICANS WHO PAY TAXES can continue to pay taxes and fix our own homes.
Something needs to be done to clean up Washington. NOW
For clarification, the Democrat House continues to bundle Flood with unemployment extensions, new bailouts and giveaway; the Senate will not pass this. From the beginning, Flood should have been extended, stand-alone – but that is not the way things are done in “today’s” Washington. It is the Democrats who wish to unnecessarily attach Flood to this other legislation. $13 TRILLION and counting, and they can’t even extend a FUNDED program that works for consumers and helps the economy…
It is obscene that the NFIP bill has ANY attachments. It is obscene that work on this bill is repeatedly interrupted vy “holidays” … get the damned job done then take a vacation!
This is so frustrating, watching home loans not being closed due to no NFIP program in place, watching people panic because it is hurricane season and no NFIP program in place, watching insurance agents loose money because no NFIP program is in place, watching people suffer because no NFIP program is in place. OUR House of Reps and Senators need to step back and remember what the real world is like. The real world does not contain fancy cars, homes, vacations & pay. The real world does not get a 2 week vacation every 2 months. The real world is struggling and if feels like OUR House of Reps, Congress and Senate do not care.
Suggestion: Between now and July 15 when our overworked Representatives return to Washington to carry out their important work, SEND an e-mail or snail-mail of your outrage over the Flood scandal to every one of your Congressmen and Senators. Let them experience a small, representative sampling of what a FLOOD looks like when their mailboxes and e-mail boxes are overflowing with your outrage! FLOOD them with mail. They may not be able to balance a checkbook, but they can count VOTES! Do it now. Do it today.
Now they are using the excuse of Senator Byrds death to delay this EVEN MORE. My clients are not getting their renewal bills so they can pay the premiums, much less the new people trying to purchase homes. WHAT NEXT??? This is horrible.
Where is the media coverage for this? The public should be outraged! Please send emails to your Senators demanding a resolution NOW.
I was wondering the same thing, no media on except the oil, I am from Pensacola, family in Gulf Shores, and its SAD…but the media coverage should be split between that and the NFIP extension..that will be sadder as it is a situation that can be changed RIGHT NOW..come on guys, JUST DO IT! NObama is not even speaking about that at all, he is too busy with BP, but sure, his home is in no danger like the rest of us.
NFIP should stand alone. It is a crime it doesn’t by now.
VOTE THEM ALL OUT
I would like a list of the senators that are holding this bill or trying to push other agenda items along with the bill. This is a disgrace. Our office at Crystal Beach on Bolivar has suffered enough.
Buddy,
The Senate is holding up the extension, but it is doing so because the House wants to put it in with stimulus legislation. The Senate has already indicated that they would extend the Flood program, but would not vote for the attachments. In the past, the House and Senate have proposed and passed “stand-alone” extensions. This is arrogant, harmful politics at its worst. Specifically, House DEMOCRATS want to attach “the pork” to the Flood extension, knowing the Senate will not approve. Again, contact ALL of your Congressmen!
The vote last night given to the Senate was a stand alone bill. SENATE would not pass alone. Wanted to ad unemployment extensions, and others. It will be interesting to see if tax credit gets extended. It is also in senate but is not a stand alone.
heard senate passed flood ins. extension last night. anyone else hear
Linda D and Buddy,
Senate did pass “unencumbered” Extension, but only to 9/30, but at least it is extended. Democrats, via Sen. Dick Durbin (D), had stymied the Senate’s attempt yesterday by AGAIN attaching the “pork”; therefore it failed yesterday. Apparently, Dems feel they can get more mileage out of Flood play; thus, the latest short term extension. Expect more of the same in September – and for no other reason but politics.
If we can just get an extension through November then the new crop of congress should take a year or so before they are influenced by power and money.