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Historically, the bribery of a U.S. senator or U.S. representative was considered contempt of Congress. In modern times, contempt of Congress has generally applied to the refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by a congressional committee or subcommittee—usually seeking to compel either testimony or the production of requested documents. [2]
The Veterans' Affairs Committee does not have legislative jurisdiction [1] over the following issues: Tax status of veterans benefits and contributions to Veterans Service Organizations (Committee on Ways and Means); Military retiree issues, including COLA's and disability pay (Committee on Armed Services);
The committee was created in 1970 to transfer responsibilities for veterans from the Finance and Labor committees to a single panel. From 1947 to 1970, matters relating to veterans compensation and veterans generally were referred to the Committee on Finance, while matters relating to the vocational rehabilitation, education, medical care, civil relief, and civilian readjustment of veterans ...
Congress has significant, if time-consuming, powers to demand witnesses and documents. One of these is the contempt citation. Democrats in the House of Representatives are threatening to use it on ...
A source of confusion can be use of the term "wartime pension." Some mistakenly interpret this to mean the pension is awarded only to Veterans who participated in combat or served in a combat or war zone. The veteran's and wartime pensions do not require the veteran to have participated in combat, nor to have served in a combat or war zone.
Library of Congress / Library of Congress Dwight D. Eisenhower On Sept. 1, 1954, President Eisenhower dramatically expanded Social Security to include 10 million more Americans in the Old-Age and ...
Lawmakers are moving quickly to pass emergency legislation to plug a roughly $3 billion shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as officials warn veterans’ and survivors ...
A previous version of this bill, called the Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2012 , was passed by the House in 2012. [2] [3] Although the bill passed the House, it never passed the Senate, and therefore "died" in the 112th United States Congress. [4] The bill was then reintroduced in the 113th Congress as H.R. 825. [4]