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Michigan lawmaker looks to deal death blow to NFIP
Reform federal flood insurance?
No, kill it by the end of 2012, insists Rep. Candice Miller, a Michigan Republican who is angry that Michiganders must help cover billions of dollars in flood losses on the Gulf Coast.
Miller has introduced legislation to dismantle the National Flood Insurance Program by the close of 2012 and replace it ...
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