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Today, the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Rep. Jeff Miller, issued the following statement on the latest tactic in the debt crisis debate... Read more »

Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the final version of the Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 1383) to keep student veterans enrolled in the school of their choice this school year by temporarily restoring the original Post-9/11 GI Bill method of paying tuition and fees based on the maximum in-state, undergraduate fee schedule. The Senate passed the bill… Read more »

The chief sponsor of a House bill that would allow email to replace regular mail for notifying veterans about progress in processing their disability and benefits claims said Monday that he wants to speed the claims process, but has no intention of forcing veterans who are uncomfortable with computers to sign on.

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that will afford Columbia student veterans the tuition benefits they were promised when they enrolled.

NEW YORK -- Earlier today, tens of thousands of student veterans attending private colleges on the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill cleared the final hurdle in an ongoing battle to secure promised tuition dollars.

Congress has passed emergency legislation to prevent thousands of Post-9/11 GI Bill students from a drop in tuition payments next week when new policies will simplify the popular education program.

Today, the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity favorably reported seven bills to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. The bills are expected to be taken up in the full Committee in the near future. Amendments to both H.R. 2301 and H.R. 2274 would make further changes to strengthen the Post-9/11 GI Bill of 2010, keeping the needs of the veteran first.   “The… Read more »

On behalf of the more than 101 million members of the National Association of REALTORS®, we thank you for extending the loan limits in H.R. 2433, the "Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011."

Lost in the headlines about the mind-numbing debt ceiling debate and Japan’s  Women’s World Cup victory, the unemployment rate for new veterans jumped to 13.3 percent in June, 4 percentage points higher than the national average. Last time we polled IAVA’s membership, they reported close to 20 percent unemployment.

SILVER SPRING, Md.—Each time Joey Jones comes home to Dawnville, Ga., cameras crowd for attention and an interview is always pending.