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By Michael Thornton Just prior to Veterans Day, Congress appeared to actually find the will to act responsibly and with bipartisan support overwhelmingly passed a veteran’s jobs bill. President Obama applied his signature and the legislation is now law. While the feckless media touted this legislation as indication that both sides of the political [...]
By Lucy Madison President Obama on Monday signed a bill aimed at getting unemployed veterans back to work, marking a rare moment of bipartisanship among Washington lawmakers this year, and signifying the president’s first achievement in pushing individual initiatives of his American Jobs Act through Congress piecemeal after its failure to pass earlier in the [...]
By Rosalind S. Helderman President Obama will get a chance to sign into law a portion of his $447 billion jobs plan after the House agreed Wednesday to extend tax credits to businesses that hire unemployed veterans and to repeal a tax provision seen as a potential burden to government contractors. This is the first [...]
By Nina Shapiro This week, the U.S. House will vote on a jobs bill for veterans. Want to know why it’s necessary? Read this week’s feature storyabout the apparent suicide of Jared Hagemann, who was unable to find a job outside the military. You could also ask Owen McCurty. McCurty, a veteran himself, now works at Joint Base [...]
President Barack Obama announced new executive action to help veterans on Monday, marking the latest step in a White House “can’t wait” campaign designed to show him acting on jobs while Congress stalls.
By Kyung M. Song WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a jobs program for veterans to help them find work, starting from before they leave service and ending with tax credits for their new employers. The provision, VOW to Hire Heros Act, was tucked into bill concerning payment withholding for government contractors. Senate [...]
BY JULIA LYON Thousands of Utah veterans are expected to find jobs faster thanks to a new program that will help them get professional licenses and college credit for their military training and experience. “The service and sacrifice our service members make truly merit the program that’s being unveiled today,” said Colonel Scot Olson [...]
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