Top House Republicans are holding firm against an effort by one of their home-state GOP senators to hold a stand-alone vote on reopening the National Flood Insurance Program amid the government shutdown.
The program is especially important in hurricane-prone states such as Louisiana, and the shutdown means it cannot underwrite new policies — complicating life for thousands of would-be homebuyers across the country.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) wants Senate GOP leaders to hold a vote on a stand-alone bill that would reopen the NFIP. But Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise — both Louisianans — are not willing to put such a…
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