Webb GI bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 22, 2008

CONTACT:
Kate Bedingfield
603 782 4613 (o)/603 361 8036 (c)/ kbedingfield@jeanneshaheen.org

Caitlin Legacki
603 782 4613 (o)/603 361 9643 (c)/

JEANNE SHAHEEN STATEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF THE NEW GI BILL FOR THE 21st CENTURY

(Manchester, NH) – Jeanne Shaheen released the following statement today on the Senate's passage of the New GI Bill for the 21st Century:

"Today, I want to congratulate the New Hampshire veterans who have worked so hard on this issue over the past months.  Your work in support of this new GI Bill has been influential and I am thrilled to see the bill pass the Senate today.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 2008
 
CONTACT:
Kate Bedingfield
603 782 4613 (o)/603 361 8036 (c)/ kbedingfield@jeanneshaheen.org

Caitlin Legacki
603 782 4613 (o)/603 361 9643 (c)/

For Immediate Release
May 20, 2008

Supports partisan Republican bill backed by John McCain instead of standing with veterans groups in support of bipartisan Webb G.I. Bill

(Manchester, NH) - Last week, John E. Sununu made it clear that he would rather stand with the Republican Party than stand up for New Hampshire veterans.

For Immediate Release
May 19, 2008

(Manchester, NH) - In a letter to the editor this weekend, John E. Sununu dishonestly hid behind a Washington excuse as reason not to support a proposal by Senator Jim Webb to expand the G.I. Bill and offer enhanced education benefits to veterans. But just three days before, Sununu executed the exact same procedural maneuver he decried in his letter in order to support an alternative, partisan proposal to Webb's plan that is backed by John McCain.

For Immediate Release

May 15, 2008

Contact:        Mark Bergman

                202-225-5206 (office)

                202-557-9979 (cell)

Congressman Hodes Votes for Safe, Swift, Smart Redeployment of our Troops, to Create New Veterans Benefits

Washington, DC--- Today, Congressman Paul Hodes voted against giving a blank check to the Bush administration to continue to prosecute the War in Iraq unchecked and voted for a sequence of events to bring our troops home from the ongoing conflict.

For Immediate Release
May 5, 2008

NEW HAMPSHIRE VETS URGE MORE SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION, SUNUNU DODGES THE ISSUE

Sununu ignores his own constituents, refuses to support expanded education benefits for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans

(Manchester, NH) - Last Wednesday, a group of New Hampshire veterans gathered to urge John E. Sununu to support the "21st Century G.I. Bill," a proposal by Senator Jim Webb to expand education benefits for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and other active duty military members. When asked for a response, Sununu dodged the issue, saying he would "look carefully at each of the bills introduced to strengthen these benefits," even though the Webb proposal was introduced more than a year ago. [Portsmouth Herald, 5/1/08]