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New GI Bill Offers College Tuition to War Veterans
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyVeterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be heading back to school in larger numbers than before. The Post 9/11-GI Bill took effect at the start of this month, providing full tuition for four years at a public university and a housing and book stipend for veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. The benefits are also transferable to a service member's children or spouse, on the condition that he or she serve another four years. ...
Children of Fallen Troops Get the G.I. Bill
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyEvery so often, Congress does something that's impossible to quarrel with. This week, amid the headlines about International Monetary Fund credits and detainee photos, the House passed the supplemental appropriations bill with an overdue measure attached. The bill, called the "Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship," changes the current law that prevents children of service members from receiving G.I. Bill benefits if a parent hasn't served for six years, even if the parent was killed in the line of duty. To put that another way, the Veterans Administration has been telling ...
War Funding Passes the Senate
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyDefying a veto threat from President Bush, the Senate passed the supplemental appropriations bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, adding billions in extra spending that the White House rejects. The $165 billion measure passed by a veto-proof margin of 70-26 and heads back to the House, where its prospects are uncertain.Senators approved a $51 billion expansion of veterans' education benefits and an extension of unemployment benefits as part of the legislation. The bill also contains funding for various Federal agencies and programs, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Census ...
War Funding Bill Comes to Senate Floor
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyTaking a cue from their counterparts in the House, the Senate will begin debate on the president's supplemental war funding measure today. The Administration is seeking $108 billion in funds for the remainder of the fiscal year, which concludes on September 30th, and has agreed to include $70 billion for operations lasting into the first half of 2009. That allows Congressional Democrats a small victory on one of their key goals, avoiding a vote on war funding in the month before the November elections. Many House and Senate Democrats may have felt compelled to support funding so close to an ...
Senators Press McCain to Support GI Bill
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyIn November, two prominent Vietnam Veterans serving in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Hagel and Jim Webb, called for a new G. I. Bill in an op-ed in The New York Times. An excerpt: Veterans today have only the Montgomery G.I. Bill, which requires a service member to pay $100 a month for the first year of his or her enlistment in order to receive a flat payment for college that averages $800 a month. This was a reasonable enlistment incentive for peacetime service, but it is an insufficient reward for wartime service today. It is hardly enough to allow a veteran to attend many community colleges. Since ...
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