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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457810903321

Autore

Montgomery G. V (Gillespie V.)

Titolo

Across the aisle [[electronic resource] ] : the seven-year journey of the historic Montgomery GI bill / / by G.V. Sonny Montgomery ; with Darryl Kehrer and Michael McGrevey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2010

ISBN

1-283-36359-3

9786613363596

1-60473-967-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KehrerDarryl W

McGreveyMichael

Disciplina

343.73/01130262

Soggetti

Veterans - Education - Law and legislation - United States - History

Educational law and legislation - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 House Commi