Comments on: Veterans March On Washington-The Bonus Army http://cornerhousecomments.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/veterans-march-on-washington-the-bonus-army/ Comments from my corner of the Corner House in the southwest corner of Minnesota. My thoughts about the events of the day, politics, social issues, cats, dogs, kids and whatever comes to mind. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: MinnesotaCentral http://cornerhousecomments.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/veterans-march-on-washington-the-bonus-army/#comment-2710 MinnesotaCentral Tue, 06 May 2008 12:51:56 +0000 http://cornerhousecomments.wordpress.com/?p=293#comment-2710 FYI : There is a DVD entitled The march of the Bonus Army which chronicles these events. It is available through the North Mankato public library http://nman.sirsi.net/uhtbin/cgisirsi/alBPDp5iP8/x/56270005/9. It took four years before Congress provided these benefits. That may be quick by comparison to how long it took some WWII veterans to get their pension benefits ... maybe 62 years ... That's right, last month, the US Senate finally passed S. 1315, "Veterans Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007" ... the final vote was not even close, but the former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Republican Senator Larry Craig, objected to both unanimous consent agreements to move forward for final voting it (as well as on S. 1233, the proposed "Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury"). The VBE of 2007 is really relatively minor as it includes increases in burial allowances, adapted housing allowances related to physically injured veterans, a two-year COL increase for spouses with children, etc. But the real hang-up was whether the Philippine Scouts groups would receive pension benefits ... that's right, after denying benefits for 62 years, the Senate has finally moved legislation forward that might help 18 to 30,000 living veterans. FYI : the Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury bill is still languishing in the Senate despite being overwhelmingly by the House. Tim Walz is a cosponsor of the bill. FYI : There is a DVD entitled The march of the Bonus Army which chronicles these events. It is available through the North Mankato public library http://nman.sirsi.net/uhtbin/cgisirsi/alBPDp5iP8/x/56270005/9.

It took four years before Congress provided these benefits. That may be quick by comparison to how long it took some WWII veterans to get their pension benefits … maybe 62 years … That’s right, last month, the US Senate finally passed S. 1315, “Veterans Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007″ … the final vote was not even close, but the former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Republican Senator Larry Craig, objected to both unanimous consent agreements to move forward for final voting it (as well as on S. 1233, the proposed “Veterans’ Traumatic Brain Injury”). The VBE of 2007 is really relatively minor as it includes increases in burial allowances, adapted housing allowances related to physically injured veterans, a two-year COL increase for spouses with children, etc. But the real hang-up was whether the Philippine Scouts groups would receive pension benefits … that’s right, after denying benefits for 62 years, the Senate has finally moved legislation forward that might help 18 to 30,000 living veterans.

FYI : the Veterans’ Traumatic Brain Injury bill is still languishing in the Senate despite being overwhelmingly by the House. Tim Walz is a cosponsor of the bill.

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