Abstract
Congress and U.S. Veterans: From the GI Bill to the VA Crisis by Lindsey Cormack, contains a thorough examination of federal veterans’ policy from 2009 to 2017. Cormack argues that any consideration of politics in modern America must be done with heavy filtration, cutting through deliberate ambiguities and electioneering in the messaging. Veterans’ issues are no different.
Highlights
Federal policy has a profound impact on the lived experiences of American military veterans
Political parties may have varied agendas to serve their own ends, but the legislation that emerges from them guides and funds the medical care, educational benefits, and other arenas of veterans’ lives
Cormack argues that any consideration of politics in modern America must be done with heavy filtration, cutting through deliberate ambiguities and electioneering in the messaging
Summary
Federal policy has a profound impact on the lived experiences of American military veterans. In her survey of federal veterans’ policy, Cormack noted the importance of veterans’ policy, given that veterans uncommonly have bipartisan support both in Congress and among the public. In the analysis of data on Congressional communications and actions on veterans’ issues, Cormack noted that despite bipartisan support for veterans, the Republican Party had come to be seen as the pro-veteran party.
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