Across the aisle
Subtitle: the seven-year journey of the historic Montgomery GI bill
By: by G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery ; with Darryl Kehrer and Michael McGrevey
Contributors: Kehrer, Darryl W.; McGrevey, Michael
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781604739657; 9781604739664; 9781604739671
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: This is "Sonny" / Bill Cohen; title: The World War II GI bill : the legacy begins; title: The World War II GI bill and beyond : the legacy continues; title: Producing legislative "widgets" : committees, bills, and bipartisanship; title: 1980-1983 : road to enactment : how to fix a "hollow" army; title: Late spring 1984 : road to enactment : House passes a new GI bill opposed; title: Summer 1984 : road to enactment : Senate passes Glenn test Citizen-Soldier Education Program 96 to 1 : first vote; title: Summer 1984 : road to enactment : Senate fails to table Armstrong Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Act 51 to 46 : second vote; title: Summer 1984 : road to enactment : Senate passes amended Glenn test Citizen-Soldier Education Program 72 to 20 after third, fourth, fifth, and sixth votes; title: Fall 1984 : road to enactment : House-Senate conference on the FY 1985 DoD Authorization Act; title: 1985-1986 : road to enactment : implementing the three-year new GI bill program; title: Fall 1986-winter 1987 : road to enactment : gaining House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees' approval; title: Spring 1987 : road to enactment : House passage and Senate Armed Services Committee approval; title: Summer 1987 : road to enactment : Senate passage, conference, and Rose Garden; title: 1987-present : effect of the Montgomery GI bill : creating a recruiting and educational incentive; title: 1987-present : effect of the Montgomery GI bill : affording postsecondary education; title: 1987-winter 2008 : effect of the Montgomery GI bill : developing the U.S. workforce.