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July 27, 2007

TAYLOR’S CRUSADE WINS ONE

The Sun Herald, 7/27/7 The House Financial Services Committee voted Thursday to make a dramatic change in federal disaster insurance by expanding the national flood insurance program to cover wind damage. The 38-29 vote, largely along party lines, in favor of the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 was spurred by a pledge…
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July 27, 2007

‘Safety valve’ may have many reregistering as independents

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/27/7 Before anybody hits the panic button, especially worried Mississippi Democrats, the explosive party voter registration ruling by U.S. District Judge Allen W. Pepper contains a safety valve nobody has talked about. True, the ruling orders voter registration by party designation. But voters can also register “unaffiliated,” as independents. The Legislature could…