S. 22 - Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007
Veterans. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Jim Webb
- Summary:
- This bill would give educational assistance to individual Armed Force members who have served from three to 36 months and enlisted after September 11, 2001. It is intended to provide veterans with educational benefits identical to those provided to service members at the end of World War II. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been introduced.
There have been no votes on this bill.
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007
S. 22 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- This bill would give educational assistance to individual Armed Force members who have served from three to 36 months and enlisted after September 11, 2001. It is intended to provide veterans with educational benefits identical to those provided to service members at the end of World War II. (by CRS)
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- Title
- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007
- Sponsor
- Jim Webb
- Co-Sponsors
- Daniel Akaka
- Max Baucus
- Evan Bayh
- Joseph Biden
- Jeff Bingaman
- Christopher Bond
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Robert Byrd
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin
- Robert Casey
- Hillary Clinton
- Norm Coleman
- Susan Collins
- Christopher Dodd
- Pete Domenici
- Byron Dorgan
- Richard Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein
- Charles Hagel
- Thomas Harkin
- James Inhofe
- Daniel Inouye
- Tim Johnson
- Edward Kennedy
- John Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl
- Mary Landrieu
- Frank Lautenberg
- Patrick Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joseph Lieberman
- Blanche Lincoln
- Richard Lugar
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menéndez
- Barbara Mikulski
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Barack Obama
- Mark Pryor
- John Reed
- Harry Reid
- John Rockefeller
- Ken Salazar
- Bernard Sanders
- Charles Schumer
- Gordon Smith
- Olympia Snowe
- Arlen Specter
- Debbie Ann Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- John Warner
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
- Subjects
- Veterans
- Apprenticeship
- Armed forces
- Armed forces reserves
- College costs
- Correspondence schools and courses
- Defense policy
- Education
- Employment tests
- Flight training
- Higher education
- Iraq compilation
- Job training
- Labor
- Law
- Licenses
- Scholarships
- Student loan funds
- Transportation
- Veterans' education
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 1/04/2007 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 1/04/2007 1/04/2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 1/04/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S56-57) 7/31/2007 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. 2/28/2008 Star Print ordered on the bill. 5/07/2008 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
- Total Contributions
- Contributions by Vote
- $ Near Votes
- Timeline of Contributions
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Total contributions given to Senators from Military, which…
supported this bill
| Military | $234,640 |
| $234,640 |
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from Military interest groups, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions By Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Supported | $ From Interest Groups That Opposed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akaka, Daniel | D | HI | $3,750 | $0 |
| Alexander, Lamar | R | TN | $1,000 | $0 |
| Allard, Wayne | R | CO | $0 | $0 |
| Barrasso, John | R | WY | $0 | $0 |
| Baucus, Max | D | MT | $0 | $0 |
| Bayh, Evan | D | IN | $0 | $0 |
| Bennett, Robert | R | UT | $0 | $0 |
| Biden, Joseph | D | DE | $1,750 | $0 |
| Bingaman, Jeff | D | NM | $0 | $0 |
| Bond, Christopher | R | MO | $2,900 | $0 |
| Boxer, Barbara | D | CA | $2,050 | $0 |
| Brown, Sherrod | D | OH | $4,750 | $0 |
| Brownback, Samuel | R | KS | $0 | $0 |
| Bunning, Jim | R | KY | $2,200 | $0 |
| Burr, Richard | R | NC | $12,166 | $0 |
| Byrd, Robert | D | WV | $0 | $0 |
| Cantwell, Maria | D | WA | $2,750 | $0 |
| Cardin, Benjamin | D | MD | $2,000 | $0 |
| Carper, Thomas | D | DE | $900 | $0 |
| Casey, Robert | D | PA | $4,350 | $0 |
| Chambliss, Saxby | R | GA | $4,450 | $0 |
| Clinton, Hillary | D | NY | $20,070 | $0 |
| Coburn, Thomas | R | OK | $2,116 | $0 |
| Cochran, Thad | R | MS | $0 | $0 |
| Coleman, Norm | R | MN | $7,700 | $0 |
| Collins, Susan | R | ME | $3,000 | $0 |
| Conrad, Kent | D | ND | $0 | $0 |
| Corker, Bob | R | TN | $2,150 | $0 |
| Cornyn, John | R | TX | $1,210 | $0 |
| Craig, Larry | R | ID | $0 | $0 |
| Crapo, Michael | R | ID | $0 | $0 |
| DeMint, Jim | R | SC | $1,350 | $0 |
| Dodd, Christopher | D | CT | $0 | $0 |
| Dole, Elizabeth | R | NC | $2,050 | $0 |
| Domenici, Pete | R | NM | $1,500 | $0 |
| Dorgan, Byron | D | ND | $0 | $0 |
| Durbin, Richard | D | IL | $500 | $0 |
| Ensign, John | R | NV | $0 | $0 |
| Enzi, Michael | R | WY | $0 | $0 |
| Feingold, Russell | D | WI | $3,750 | $0 |
| Feinstein, Dianne | D | CA | $0 | $0 |
| Graham, Lindsey | R | SC | $4,250 | $0 |
| Grassley, Charles | R | IA | $2,000 | $0 |
| Gregg, Judd | R | NH | $0 | $0 |
| Hagel, Charles | R | NE | $250 | $0 |
| Harkin, Thomas | D | IA | $550 | $0 |
| Hatch, Orrin | R | UT | $1,500 | $0 |
| Hutchison, Kay | R | TX | $1,050 | $0 |
| Inhofe, James | R | OK | $500 | $0 |
| Inouye, Daniel | D | HI | $4,250 | $0 |
| Isakson, John | R | GA | $3,500 | $0 |
| Johnson, Tim | D | SD | $2,000 | $0 |
| Kennedy, Edward | D | MA | $1,400 | $0 |
| Kerry, John | D | MA | $1,410 | $0 |
| Klobuchar, Amy | D | MN | $750 | $0 |
| Kohl, Herbert | D | WI | $0 | $0 |
| Kyl, Jon | R | AZ | $8,500 | $0 |
| Landrieu, Mary | D | LA | $7,600 | $0 |
| Lautenberg, Frank | D | NJ | $0 | $0 |
| Leahy, Patrick | D | VT | $1,200 | $0 |
| Levin, Carl | D | MI | $250 | $0 |
| Lieberman, Joseph | I | CT | $1,400 | $0 |
| Lincoln, Blanche | D | AR | $500 | $0 |
| Lott, Trent | R | MS | $0 | $0 |
| Lugar, Richard | R | IN | $1,000 | $0 |
| Martinez, Mel | R | FL | $5,700 | $0 |
| McCain, John | R | AZ | $3,700 | $0 |
| McCaskill, Claire | D | MO | $750 | $0 |
| McConnell, Mitch | R | KY | $6,950 | $0 |
| Menéndez, Robert | D | NJ | $4,200 | $0 |
| Mikulski, Barbara | D | MD | $1,000 | $0 |
| Murkowski, Lisa | R | AK | $2,600 | $0 |
| Murray, Patty | D | WA | $550 | $0 |
| Nelson, Ben | D | NE | $0 | $0 |
| Nelson, Bill | D | FL | $2,300 | $0 |
| Obama, Barack | D | IL | $700 | $0 |
| Pryor, Mark | D | AR | $0 | $0 |
| Reed, John | D | RI | $1,250 | $0 |
| Reid, Harry | D | NV | $4,000 | $0 |
| Roberts, Pat | R | KS | $250 | $0 |
| Rockefeller, John | D | WV | $500 | $0 |
| Salazar, Ken | D | CO | $1,500 | $0 |
| Sanders, Bernard | I | VT | $200 | $0 |
| Schumer, Charles | D | NY | $0 | $0 |
| Sessions, Jefferson | R | AL | $700 | $0 |
| Shelby, Richard | R | AL | $3,000 | $0 |
| Smith, Gordon | R | OR | $1,500 | $0 |
| Snowe, Olympia | R | ME | $2,250 | $0 |
| Specter, Arlen | D | PA | $2,950 | $0 |
| Stabenow, Debbie Ann | D | MI | $950 | $0 |
| Stevens, Ted | R | AK | $6,450 | $0 |
| Sununu, John | R | NH | $250 | $0 |
| Tester, Jon | D | MT | $450 | $0 |
| Thomas, Craig | R | WY | $0 | $0 |
| Thune, John | R | SD | $14,066 | $0 |
| Vitter, David | R | LA | $8,466 | $0 |
| Voinovich, George | R | OH | $2,000 | $0 |
| Warner, John | R | VA | $250 | $0 |
| Webb, Jim | D | VA | $20,686 | $0 |
| Whitehouse, Sheldon | D | RI | $0 | $0 |
| Wicker, Roger | R | MS | $250 | $0 |
| Wyden, Ron | D | OR | $0 | $0 |
