David John, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation and an expert on flood insurance, said those expansions will "likely result in more losses and more deficits in the future." He said the reforms offered by the bill are not enough to make it self-supporting, much less pay off its debts.

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The report card grades a dozen major economic domestic policy issues: spending restraint, budget process reform, earmark reform, property rights, Social Security reform, pension reform, energy, tax relief, tax reform, Medicare, Medicaid, and health care reform. Details and the third-quarter grade for each issue follow.

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