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Bob Brellenthin of Pahlen Realty stands at a downtwon Roseau, Minn. bridge over Roseau River on Thursday, March 20, 2014. He knows firsthand the effect the new, higher national flood insurance premiums have had on his business and the difficulty his customers have had selling their homes because of the changes in the National Flood Insurance Program. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)
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Bob Brellenthin of Pahlen Realty stands in a residential area of Roseau, Minn. on Thursday, March 20, 2014. No Minnesota community has been affected more by the nationwide spike in flood insurance premiums than the far northwestern city of Roseau, where the specter of rates rising by as much as $400 to a monthly home payment has just about dried up the local housing market. Nearly the entire community lies within the Roseau River flood plain, hard-hit by a major flood in 2002, so mortgage lenders require purchasers to take out flood insurance. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)
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Bob Brellenthin of Pahlen Realty stands at a bridge crossing the Roseau River in Roseau, Minn. on Thursday, March 20, 2014. He knows first hand the effect the new, higher national flood insurance premiums have had on his business and the difficulty his customers have had selling their homes because of the changes in the National Flood Insurance Program. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)
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FILE - In this June 19, 2008 file photo, floodwaters from the Mississippi River surround a grain elevator in Meyer, Ill. after a levee failed, flooding the farming community. Policyholders who have long enjoyed subsidized rates under the debt-ridden National Flood Insurance Program will see premiums rise steadily in the coming years, despite a rate-relief law signed Friday, March 21, 2014 by President Barack Obama that will soften the blow for those who were hit hardest. The fallout appears profound in Illinois, partly because of the state's proximity to the Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois rivers and their tributaries. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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FILE - This March 10, 1992 aerial photo shows floodwaters from the North Branch of the Winooski River in downtown Montpelier, Vt. About 2,400 in Vermont, including more than 200 in Montpelier, are among the 1.1 million policyholders nationwide likely to see their federally subsidized flood insurance premiums rise, as government-backed insurance subsidies are scaled back, according to an Associated Press analysis of data from the National Flood Insurance Program. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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FILE - In this March 31, 2010 file photo, water encircles homes from the flooded Pawtuxet River in West Warwick, R.I. In 2012, Congress passed a law requiring approximately 1.1 million policyholders nationwide to start paying rates based on the true risk of flooding. Nearly 7,000 Rhode Island homeowners and businesses could see their flood insurance premiums rise annually by double digit percentages as government-backed insurance subsidies are scaled back, according to an Associated Press analysis of data from the National Flood Insurance Program. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Katherine and Robert Calhoun stand on a bridge overlooking Ecorse Creek behind their Dearborn Heights, Mich., home on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Living so close to the creek in a flood plain has been costly — not the least because it's flooded twice and once caused $19,000 worth of damage they had to pay after their insurance claim was rejected. When the Calhouns bought the house 22 years ago, they paid $300 annually for flood insurance. That bill is now $800. It will only get worse for the Calhouns and people around the nation when federal flood insurance premiums go up soon as decades-old subsides through the National Flood Insurance Program start to end. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007 file photo, a woman and a child look out of their front door at flood waters in Findlay, Ohio. Many home and business owners across Ohio with national flood insurance are likely to be hit with rate increases in 2014. Around 20,000 property owners in the state are among the 1.1 million policyholders nationwide facing higher rates to rescue the debt-ridden National Flood Insurance Program. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)
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Kelley McClurkin, talks about how rising flood insurance costs will impact her bakery and deli in Findlay, Ohio on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Her bakery, which sits near a creek that flows into the Blanchard River, has been surrounded by water several times but flooded just once - in 2007 when the worst flooding in nearly a century left behind $100 million in damage. It ruined McClurkin's ovens, display cabinets and walk-in coolers. (AP Photo/John Seewer)
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FILE - This Aug. 22, 2007 aerial photo shows flood waters in downtown Findlay, Ohio. Many home and business owners across Ohio with national flood insurance are likely to be hit with rate increases in 2014. Around 20,000 property owners in the state are among the 1.1 million policyholders nationwide facing higher rates to rescue the debt-ridden National Flood Insurance Program, according to a review of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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This Oct. 31, 2012 aerial photo shows the oceanfront community of Sea Gate in the Queens borough of New York. While President Barack Obama signed a law Friday, March 21, 2014 that will delay steep increases to flood insurance paid by many, nearly 60,000 policyholders in New York state are among the 1.1 million nationwide who will see their federally subsidized flood insurance premiums rise as part of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, according to a review of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, a boat floats in the driveway of a home in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in Lindenhurst, N.Y. While President Barack Obama signed a law Friday, March 21, 2014 that will delay steep increases to flood insurance paid by many, nearly 60,000 policyholders in New York state are among the 1.1 million nationwide who will see their federally subsidized flood insurance premiums rise as part of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, according to a review of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)
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In this Oct. 31, 2012 aerial photo, a New York Air National Guard helicopter with Gov. Andrew Cuomo aboard flies over the ocean side community of Breezy Point in the Queens borough of New York to survey the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. While President Barack Obama signed a law Friday, March 21, 2014 that will delay steep increases to flood insurance paid by many, nearly 60,000 policyholders in New York state are among the 1.1 million nationwide who will see their federally subsidized flood insurance premiums rise as part of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, according to a review of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, men walk past a house damaged during Superstorm Sandy in the Belle Harbor section of the Queens borough of New York. While President Barack Obama signed a law Friday, March 21, 2014 that will delay steep increases to flood insurance paid by many, nearly 60,000 policyholders in New York state are among the 1.1 million nationwide who will see their federally subsidized flood insurance premiums rise as part of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, according to a review of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1991 file photo, U.S. President George H.W. Bush looks over damage in his family's vacation home on Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, Maine. The Bush compound suffered extensive damage by high seas and winds that hit New England the previous week. In 2012, Congress passed a law requiring approximately 1.1 million policyholders nationwide to start paying rates based on the true risk of flooding. Thousands of Maine homeowners and businesses could see their flood insurance rise in an attempt to put the troubled National Flood Insurance Program back on sound financial footing. Bush's home is among the properties in the program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1991 file photo, the driveway leading to U.S. President George H.W. Bush's vacation compound on Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, Maine is littered with rocks and rubble left by 20-foot waves from an Atlantic storm that damaged homes and flooded roads along the coast the previous week. In 2012, Congress passed a law requiring approximately 1.1 million policyholders nationwide to start paying rates based on the true risk of flooding. Thousands of Maine homeowners and businesses could see their flood insurance rise in an attempt to put the troubled National Flood Insurance Program back on sound financial footing. Bush's home is among the properties in the program. (AP Photo/Scott Perry, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 file photo, a rising high tide covers roads in Hampton, N.H. More than 40 percent of the properties with flood insurance in New Hampshire will see their costs go up in 2014 due to changes in the National Flood Insurance Program. Homeowners will see their rates go up as much as 18 percent each year and owners of businesses and second homes will face an annual mandatory 25 percent rate increase until they switch to a risk-based rate. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
