Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors
Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors

Author: The US Department of Veterans Affairs

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-11-24

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1510744266

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An official, up-to-date government manual that covers everything from VA life insurance to survivor benefits. Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). If you’re looking for information on these benefits and services, look no further than the newest edition of Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors. The VA operates the nation’s largest health-care system, with more than 1,700 care sites available across the country. These sites include hospitals, community clinics, readjustment counseling centers, and more. In this book, those who have honorably served in the active military, naval, or air service will learn about the services offered at these sites, basic eligibility for health care, and more. Helpful topics described in depth throughout these pages for veterans, their dependents, and their survivors include: Vocational rehabilitation and employment VA pensions Home loan guaranty Burial and memorial benefits Transition assistance Dependents and survivors health care and benefits Military medals and records And more

Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress
Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress

Author: Craig Volden

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-10-27

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0521761522

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This book explores why some members of Congress are more effective than others at navigating the legislative process and what this means for how Congress is organized and what policies it produces. Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman develop a new metric of individual legislator effectiveness (the Legislative Effectiveness Score) that will be of interest to scholars, voters, and politicians alike. They use these scores to study party influence in Congress, the successes or failures of women and African Americans in Congress, policy gridlock, and the specific strategies that lawmakers employ to advance their agendas.

The Pig Book
The Pig Book

Author: Citizens Against Government Waste

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2005-04-06

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780312343576

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A compendium of the most ridiculous examples of Congress's pork-barrel spending.

Congress and U.S. Veterans
Congress and U.S. Veterans

Author: Lindsey Cormack

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2018-09-07

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13:

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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.

Overruling Democracy
Overruling Democracy

Author: Jamin B. Raskin

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780415948951

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The current five-vote majority on the Supreme Court may be the most divisive, anti-democratic court in American history. Overruling Democracy disputes the majority's awful rulings on third parties, race, high schools and corporations.