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Across the Aisle : The Seven-Year Journey of the Historic Montgomery GI Bill /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Montgomery, G. V. (Gillespie V.)
Otros Autores: McGrevey, Michael, Kehrer, Darryl W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • This is "Sonny." Honorable Bill Cohen
  • The World War II GI bill : the legacy begins
  • The World War II GI bill and beyond : the legacy continues
  • Producing legislative "widgets" : committees, bills, and bipartisanship
  • 1980-1983 : road to enactment : how to fix a "hollow" army
  • Late spring 1984 : road to enactment : House passes a new GI bill opposed
  • Summer 1984 : road to enactment : Senate passes Glenn test Citizen-Soldier Education Program 96 to 1 : first vote
  • Summer 1984 : road to enactment : Senate fails to table Armstrong Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Act 51 to 46 : second vote
  • Summer 1984 : road to enactment : Senate passes amended Glenn test Citizen-Soldier Education Program 72 to 20 after third, fourth, fifth, and sixth votes
  • Fall 1984 : road to enactment : House-Senate conference on the FY 1985 DoD Authorization Act
  • 1985-1986 : road to enactment : implementing the three-year new GI bill program
  • Fall 1986-winter 1987 : road to enactment : gaining House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees' approval
  • Spring 1987 : road to enactment : House passage and Senate Armed Services Committee approval
  • Summer 1987 : road to enactment : Senate passage, conference, and Rose Garden
  • 1987-present : effect of the Montgomery GI bill : creating a recruiting and educational incentive
  • 1987-present : effect of the Montgomery GI bill : affording postsecondary education
  • 1987-winter 2008 : effect of the Montgomery GI bill : developing the U.S. workforce.