Congress Passes Crucial Legislation Expanding the New GI Bill

[SaveAmerica]

Source: Iraq Afghanistan Veterans Of America Press Release

Congress Passes Crucial Legislation Expanding the New GI Bill
Posted by Isabel Black on December 16

Today, IAVA applauded Congress for passing the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act (S.3447). This critical legislation will upgrade the Post-9/11 GI Bill by expanding benefits to new veterans studying at vocational schools, granting full GI Bill credit to National Guardsmen responding to national disasters and simplifying the Yellow Ribbon Program for veterans enrolling at private schools.

“The Post-9/11 GI Bill was a historic commitment to this generation of veterans, but there were loopholes that left out tens of thousands of new vets. For two years, IAVA has fought hard to close those loopholes, simplify the regulations and expand benefits. The upgrades passed today will finish the work we started by giving thousands of additional veterans key skills and on-the-job training to transition from combat to career,” said IAVA Founder and Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff. “With veteran unemployment above 10 percent, this bill provides necessary training and support for the surge of new veterans coming home in this difficult economy. We applaud Congress for its bipartisan leadership on this issue, and we urge the President to quickly sign the bill into law.”

For more information on upgrades to the Post-9/11 GI Bill, visit IAVA’s one-stop New GI Bill resource at www.NewGIBill.org. On Tuesday, December 21st at 2:00pm EST IAVA will also host a "New GI Bill Winter Forum" to discuss the upgrades inside Community of Veterans, the first online network exclusively for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Registration is free and open to all confirmed veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.


Read more: http://iava.org/blog/congress-passes-crucial-legislation-expanding-new-gi-bill

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Apologies for original link, trying to find other locations for this news, not sure why IAVA is the only source. This link details how the expansion of the original Post 9/11 GI Bill will help more veterans than before.

[Arctic Dave]

1. 2008?

[-..__...]

"Not sure why this isn't showing up on MSNBC, AP or other news sources"

Maybe because it's from May 22, 2008?

:shrug:

(Hint: Kennedy doesn't have a brain tumor anymore)

[SaveAmerica]

4. Thanks for the heads up, Attention To Detail USED to be my middle name!

DUH!

[Tx4obama]

11. It passed today. See commnet #9

[arcane1]

2. Probably not showing on other sites because it's rather old

Kennedy was still alive at the time, and Bush was still president.

[SaveAmerica]

5. Fixed it (hopefully!) Thanks

[Tx4obama]

8. Rachel Maddow was just talking about the NEW expansion on her show

she said it passed both House and Senate and it is now on the way to the President's desk!

[Tx4obama]

10. It passed today. See commnet #9

[Bobbieo]

3. Memorial Day recess? What year?

[Arctic Dave]

6. Why is this in LBN still?

[SaveAmerica]

13. It passed today, I accidently posted an old link originally

[Tx4obama]

7. Rachel Maddow is talking about this on her show! n/t

[Tx4obama]

9. The HOUSE pasted it today

Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010

S 3447 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve educational assistance for veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/index.asp

12/16/2010 - Passed with a vote of 245 to 164
here's link to the roll call from today: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll642.xml

[SaveAmerica]

12. Yes, I received the info from IAVA as soon as it happened, just trying to

understand why it's not being mentioned in the news. Thanks for the link to roll call.