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Senators Push to Delay Flood Insurance Requirement
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and a lawmaker from New York are pushing a measure that would stave off the mandatory purchase of flood insurance in areas newly designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as being at high risk of flooding.

Durbin says the bill he introduced in the Senate on Wednesday with fellow Democrat Charles Schumer would give more time for areas like southwestern Illinois to upgrade their river levees and deal with the prospect of higher flood insurance rates

Similar to a bill recently passed by the House, the Senate measure would provide for a five-year delay of mandatory insurance, followed by a five-year period of gradually increasing premiums.

Officials in Illinois worry new FEMA maps soon will declare the region's levees functionally useless, meaning higher insurance rates.

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