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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, G. V. (Gillespie V.)

Contributor:

Kehrer, Darryl W.

McGrevey, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Veterans.

Educational law and legislation--United States--History.

Educational law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.

Language Note:

English

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 House Commi

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.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-36359-3

9786613363596

1-60473-967-3

OCLC:

753968336