Sen. Jim Webb's Post-9/11 GI Bill, which went into effect August 1, calls for the federal government to subsidize a veteran's tuition up to the amount...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
President George W, Bush wasn't exactly a friend to the efforts put forth by Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and John Warner (R-VA) as they worked to secure ...
Washington Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Speculation about Virginia Sen. Jim Webb's prospects as a candidate for the Democratic vice presidential nomination got a boost last week with the pas...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
While Virginia Senator Jim Webb is quickly becoming well-trained in the art of downplaying his vice-presidential chances, that hasn't stopped him from...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011
*** UPDATE BELOW *** The Associated Press reports that the Webb GI Bill has passed the Senate: Senate Republicans have broken with President Bush to...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Vote Vets has released a new television ad imploring Sen. McCain to sign the GI Bill sponsored by Sen. Webb. The closing message is a powerful one, w...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
Mostly avoiding the political spotlight since his brush up with both the law and the bathroom stall, Sen. Larry Craig quietly created presidential cam...
The Carpetbagger Report | Steve Benen | Posted 05.25.2011
I've been obsessing over John McCain's incoherent opposition to a modernized GI Bill for veterans, so I was especially pleased to see Barack Obama, at...
Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama is giving a speech right now on veterans' issues in West Virginia in which he hits John McCain for failing to back Jim Webb's 21st Centur...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
The prospects of passing Sen. Jim Webb's 21st Century GI Bill increased on Thursday after Sen. Daniel Akaka, a veteran of WWII and the Democratic chai...
Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011
On "This Week" today, host George Stephanopolous asked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) why neither he nor Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has cosponsored Sen. Jim ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
In November 2007, Sens. Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel penned an op-ed in the New York Times advocating a reformed G.I. Bill that would provide Iraq war vet...
The Hill | Roxana Tiron | Posted 05.25.2011
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) is calling on presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) to sign on as a co-sponsor to his GI bill, which wou...
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | Posted 05.25.2011