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United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Index United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs deals with oversight of United States veterans issues. [1]

59 relations: Alan Cranston, Alan Simpson (American politician), Alaska, American Civil War, American Revolutionary War, Arlen Specter, Bernie Sanders, Bill Cassidy, California, Congress.gov, Dan Sullivan (American senator), Daniel Akaka, Dean Heller, Democratic Party (United States), Frank Murkowski, G.I. Bill, Georgia (U.S. state), Hawaii, Idaho, Independent politician, Indiana, Jay Rockefeller, Jerry Moran, Jim Webb, Joe Manchin, John Boozman, Johnny Isakson, Jon Tester, Larry Craig, Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Lindsey Graham, List of current United States Senate committees, Mark Begich, Mazie Hirono, Mexican–American War, Mike Johanns, Mike Rounds, Patty Murray, Pennsylvania, Republican Party (United States), Richard Blumenthal, Richard Burr, Roger Wicker, Roland Burris, Scott Brown (politician), Sherrod Brown, Spanish–American War, Thom Tillis, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, ..., United States Senate Committee on Finance, Vance Hartke, Vermont, Veteran, War of 1812, Washington (state), West Virginia, Wyoming, 110th United States Congress. Expand index (9 more) »

Alan Cranston

Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician, journalist and world federalist who served as a United States Senator from California, from 1969 to 1993.

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Alan Simpson (American politician)

Alan Kooi Simpson (born September 2, 1931) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party, who represented Wyoming in the United States Senate (1979–97).

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Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (17751783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a global war that began as a conflict between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies which declared independence as the United States of America. After 1765, growing philosophical and political differences strained the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies. Patriot protests against taxation without representation followed the Stamp Act and escalated into boycotts, which culminated in 1773 with the Sons of Liberty destroying a shipment of tea in Boston Harbor. Britain responded by closing Boston Harbor and passing a series of punitive measures against Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts colonists responded with the Suffolk Resolves, and they established a shadow government which wrested control of the countryside from the Crown. Twelve colonies formed a Continental Congress to coordinate their resistance, establishing committees and conventions that effectively seized power. British attempts to disarm the Massachusetts militia at Concord, Massachusetts in April 1775 led to open combat. Militia forces then besieged Boston, forcing a British evacuation in March 1776, and Congress appointed George Washington to command the Continental Army. Concurrently, an American attempt to invade Quebec and raise rebellion against the British failed decisively. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted for independence, issuing its declaration on July 4. Sir William Howe launched a British counter-offensive, capturing New York City and leaving American morale at a low ebb. However, victories at Trenton and Princeton restored American confidence. In 1777, the British launched an invasion from Quebec under John Burgoyne, intending to isolate the New England Colonies. Instead of assisting this effort, Howe took his army on a separate campaign against Philadelphia, and Burgoyne was decisively defeated at Saratoga in October 1777. Burgoyne's defeat had drastic consequences. France formally allied with the Americans and entered the war in 1778, and Spain joined the war the following year as an ally of France but not as an ally of the United States. In 1780, the Kingdom of Mysore attacked the British in India, and tensions between Great Britain and the Netherlands erupted into open war. In North America, the British mounted a "Southern strategy" led by Charles Cornwallis which hinged upon a Loyalist uprising, but too few came forward. Cornwallis suffered reversals at King's Mountain and Cowpens. He retreated to Yorktown, Virginia, intending an evacuation, but a decisive French naval victory deprived him of an escape. A Franco-American army led by the Comte de Rochambeau and Washington then besieged Cornwallis' army and, with no sign of relief, he surrendered in October 1781. Whigs in Britain had long opposed the pro-war Tories in Parliament, and the surrender gave them the upper hand. In early 1782, Parliament voted to end all offensive operations in North America, but the war continued in Europe and India. Britain remained under siege in Gibraltar but scored a major victory over the French navy. On September 3, 1783, the belligerent parties signed the Treaty of Paris in which Great Britain agreed to recognize the sovereignty of the United States and formally end the war. French involvement had proven decisive,Brooks, Richard (editor). Atlas of World Military History. HarperCollins, 2000, p. 101 "Washington's success in keeping the army together deprived the British of victory, but French intervention won the war." but France made few gains and incurred crippling debts. Spain made some minor territorial gains but failed in its primary aim of recovering Gibraltar. The Dutch were defeated on all counts and were compelled to cede territory to Great Britain. In India, the war against Mysore and its allies concluded in 1784 without any territorial changes.

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Arlen Specter

Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as United States Senator for Pennsylvania.

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Bernie Sanders

Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007.

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Bill Cassidy

William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American physician and politician currently serving as the senior United States Senator from the state of Louisiana.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Congress.gov

Congress.gov is the online database of United States Congress legislative information.

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Dan Sullivan (American senator)

Daniel Scott Sullivan (born November 13, 1964) is an American politician, lawyer and member of the Republican Party serving as the junior United States Senator from Alaska since 2015.

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Daniel Akaka

Daniel Kahikina Akaka (September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who was a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013.

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Dean Heller

Dean Arthur Heller (born May 10, 1960) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator for Nevada.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Frank Murkowski

Frank Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American retired politician and a member of the Republican Party.

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G.I. Bill

The Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s).

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Idaho

Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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Jay Rockefeller

John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia (1985-2015).

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Jerry Moran

Gerald W. Moran (born May 29, 1954) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Kansas since 2011.

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Jim Webb

James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author.

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Joe Manchin

Joseph Manchin III (born August 24, 1947) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from West Virginia, a seat he has held since 2010.

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John Boozman

John Nichols Boozman (born December 10, 1950) is the senior United States Senator for Arkansas, and a member of the Republican Party.

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Johnny Isakson

John Hardy Isakson (born December 28, 1944) is the senior United States Senator from Georgia, in office since 2005, and a member of the Republican Party.

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Jon Tester

Jon Tester (born August 21, 1956) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Montana, in office since 2007.

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Larry Craig

Larry Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is a retired American politician from Idaho.

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Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946

The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (also known as the Congressional Reorganization Act, ch. 753,, enacted August 2, 1946) was the most comprehensive reorganization of the United States Congress in history to that date.

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Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Olin Graham (born July 9, 1955) is an American politician and retired U.S. Air Force colonel serving as the senior United States Senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2003.

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List of current United States Senate committees

This is a complete list of U.S. congressional committees (standing committees and select or special committees) that are currently operating in the United States Senate.

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Mark Begich

Mark Peter Begich (born March 30, 1962) is an American politician who was a United States Senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015.

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Mazie Hirono

Mazie Keiko Hirono (Japanese name: 広野 慶子, Hirono Keiko; born November 3, 1947) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Hawaii since 2013.

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Mexican–American War

The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War in the United States and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States (Mexico) from 1846 to 1848.

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Mike Johanns

Michael Owen Johanns (born June 18, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Nebraska, from 2009 to 2015.

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Mike Rounds

Marion Michael Rounds (born October 24, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from South Dakota since 2015.

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Patty Murray

Patricia Lynn Murray (née Johns; October 11, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Washington, a seat she was first elected to in 1992.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Richard Blumenthal

Richard Blumenthal (born February 13, 1946) is an American attorney and politician who has served as a United States Senator from Connecticut since 2011.

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Richard Burr

Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from North Carolina, a seat he was first elected to in 2004.

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Roger Wicker

Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who serves as the senior United States Senator from Mississippi, in office since 2007.

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Roland Burris

Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) is an American politician and attorney who is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

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Scott Brown (politician)

Scott Philip Brown (born September 12, 1959) is an American attorney, diplomat, and politician serving as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, since 2017.

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Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952) is an American politician who is the senior United States Senator from Ohio, elected in 2006.

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Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War (Guerra hispano-americana or Guerra hispano-estadounidense; Digmaang Espanyol-Amerikano) was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898.

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Thom Tillis

Thomas Roland Tillis (born August 30, 1960) is an American politician and businessman serving as the junior United States Senator from North Carolina since 2015.

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United States Department of Veterans Affairs

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a federal Cabinet-level agency that provides near-comprehensive healthcare services to eligible military veterans at VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country; several non-healthcare benefits including disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans, and life insurance; and provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members at 135 national cemeteries.

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United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

The standing Committee on Veterans' Affairs in the United States House of Representatives oversees agencies, reviews current legislation, and recommends new bills or amendments concerning U.S. military veterans.

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United States Senate Committee on Finance

The United States Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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Vance Hartke

Rupert Vance Hartke (May 31, 1919July 27, 2003) was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Veteran

A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old") is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the western United States.

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110th United States Congress

The One Hundred Tenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the second term of President George W. Bush.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Veterans'_Affairs

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