| Description |
1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
Using gentle humor, some 450 visuals, and debate drawn from actual legislative events, the late U.S. Congressman G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery helps readers relive the Montgomery GI Bill's 1987 enactment, while learning each step of the way. Across the Aisle 's extensive illustrative material brings the legislative process alive, as readers travel the historic legislative road with Congressman Montgomery himself as escort, storyteller, mentor, and colleague. Congressman Montgomery served his Mississippi constituents for thirty years. Twenty-eight of those years included service on the Hou |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Veterans -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
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LAW -- Taxation.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Veterans -- Education -- Law and legislation
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kehrer, Darryl W
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McGrevey, Michael
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| ISBN |
9781604739671 |
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1604739673 |
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