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Congress and U.S. Veterans - From the GI Bill to the VA Crisis (Hardcover)
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Congress and U.S. Veterans - From the GI Bill to the VA Crisis (Hardcover)
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Providing a compelling look at veterans' policy, this book
describes why the Republican party is considered the party for
veterans despite the fact that Congressional Democrats are
responsible for a greater number of policy initiatives. The United
States is home to 21 million veterans, and Veterans' Affairs is the
second-largest federal department, with a budget exceeding $119
billion. Many veterans, however, remain under-served. Republicans
are seen as veterans' champions, and they send the majority of
Congressional constituent communications on veterans' issues, yet
they are lead sponsors on only 37 percent of bills considered by
the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. What accounts for this
discrepancy? Drawing on thousands of e-newsletters sent from
Congress to constituents, Congress and U.S. Veterans: From the GI
Bill to the VA Crisis argues that the distribution of veterans
across districts and the Republican Party is based on government
spending, which pulls Republican legislators in opposite
directions. This eye-opening book offers a history of veterans'
programs, highlights legislative leaders and the most pressing
policy areas for reform, identifies the issues most often discussed
by members of Congress from each party, points out which
Congresspeople have acted on veterans' issues and which have not,
and offers an analysis of veteran population distribution and
legislative policy preferences. Includes content from nearly 20,000
e-newsletters sent from Congress members to constituents to
demonstrate the differences in how Congress discusses and
legislates veterans' issues Provides a detailed description of the
key legislative players, proposals, and communication strategies
surrounding veterans' policies Offers advice on providing for the
future of veterans' policies and describes the risks and benefits
associated with moving veterans' care into private industry Offers
the first in-depth case study on the implementation of the
post-9/11 GI bill Suggests the scandal surrounding the 2010 Phoenix
VA hospital is an example of partisan differences in communication
tactics
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