The Senate under the leadership of Harry Ried has been a total failure and corruption has run rampant. Time for the Democrats to elect another majority leader that can pass a budget(which has not been accomplished since Obama took office.) Time for “change we can believe in” Replace Ried and then in November Obama!
Reid is a joke and should have been replaced long ago. He is content to operate on continuing resolutions since that is how he has operated with the Federal Budget.
I love how Harry said the problem has been other members rushing to the table at the last minute to add unnecessary amendments. If he did his job and brought this to the floor last July after the House passed it, then there would not have been any last minute issues – instead we have to deal with another short term extension.
While the republicans seem so keen on blocking everything coming out of the White House, Harry seems very content with blocking every bi-partisan measure in Congress. The whole system is broke and they should all be thrown out in November.
Since REid took over the NFIP has been run with short term extensions and TEN months ago the House sent a bill up for 5 years with reforms and this jackass calls all of this a rush to reform the program?
If Reid can’t get the job done is 10 months, what can he possibly get done in another 30 days?
Anyone who thinks that meaningful reform; i.e. setting rates at actuarialy sound levels for anything that is not a primary residence, refusing to allow re-building and insuring of properties that have been more than 50% damaged more than twice, and refusing insurance in areas certain known flood areas, is crazy. The lobbying will make it impossible to do anything but get a token premium increase. We are better off without the program if it can’t be fixed. Especially if all the bill does is become a vehicle to pass unrelated legislation.
Whether there is a Flood Program or not, FEMA will continue to bail people out just like they did with Katrina. They gave them a check for $2,000 initially, then brought in trailers for them to live in and no telling how much other aid. These people never heard of NFIP or that they needed Flood Insurance. All they were after was a hand out and they got it.
Just wondering if anyone knows of any studies indicating what the cost to property owners would be if flood insurance we part of a Homeowners or Commercial Property policy?
Doug, We dismissed a lot of them in the last mid terms in an historic shellacking. If we stick together, we can get the rest of them in November and have the mother of all landslides starting at the top and working down through the Senate and increasing the margin in the House. The time of the Progressive movement is short and it is up to the good people of this country to make it happen at the polls.
The Senate under the leadership of Harry Ried has been a total failure and corruption has run rampant. Time for the Democrats to elect another majority leader that can pass a budget(which has not been accomplished since Obama took office.) Time for “change we can believe in” Replace Ried and then in November Obama!
Reid is a joke and should have been replaced long ago. He is content to operate on continuing resolutions since that is how he has operated with the Federal Budget.
I love how Harry said the problem has been other members rushing to the table at the last minute to add unnecessary amendments. If he did his job and brought this to the floor last July after the House passed it, then there would not have been any last minute issues – instead we have to deal with another short term extension.
While the republicans seem so keen on blocking everything coming out of the White House, Harry seems very content with blocking every bi-partisan measure in Congress. The whole system is broke and they should all be thrown out in November.
Since REid took over the NFIP has been run with short term extensions and TEN months ago the House sent a bill up for 5 years with reforms and this jackass calls all of this a rush to reform the program?
If Reid can’t get the job done is 10 months, what can he possibly get done in another 30 days?
The Senate is made up of Democrats and Republicans…none of which have shown they are good at getting anything done. Dump them all!
P/L, it’s up to the leader of the Senate to bring bills to the floor to vote – Harry hasn’t done it. On this one he failed.
Anyone who thinks that meaningful reform; i.e. setting rates at actuarialy sound levels for anything that is not a primary residence, refusing to allow re-building and insuring of properties that have been more than 50% damaged more than twice, and refusing insurance in areas certain known flood areas, is crazy. The lobbying will make it impossible to do anything but get a token premium increase. We are better off without the program if it can’t be fixed. Especially if all the bill does is become a vehicle to pass unrelated legislation.
Whether there is a Flood Program or not, FEMA will continue to bail people out just like they did with Katrina. They gave them a check for $2,000 initially, then brought in trailers for them to live in and no telling how much other aid. These people never heard of NFIP or that they needed Flood Insurance. All they were after was a hand out and they got it.
Just wondering if anyone knows of any studies indicating what the cost to property owners would be if flood insurance we part of a Homeowners or Commercial Property policy?
Is this the best we can get for a government?? I really feel sorry for my kids and grandchildren.
Doug, We dismissed a lot of them in the last mid terms in an historic shellacking. If we stick together, we can get the rest of them in November and have the mother of all landslides starting at the top and working down through the Senate and increasing the margin in the House. The time of the Progressive movement is short and it is up to the good people of this country to make it happen at the polls.