Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/JMakehnAjDb
For this first episode, I cover the basics of legislation and particular issues in military and veterans’ subjects.
Transcript: https://vetslegislativevoice.org/?p=331
For the background of Vanessa Guillen: https://www.nytimes.com/article/vanessa-guillen-fort-hood.html
How a bill becomes a law: https://kids-clerk.house.gov/grade-school/lesson.html?intID=17#:~:text=The%20Bill%20Is%20a%20Law,is%20enforced%20by%20the%20government.
The New Yorker article “What Calling Congress Achieves” by Kathryn Schulz: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/06/what-calling-congress-achieves
Congress’s veto override against President Trump: https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-defense-policy-bills-85656704ad9ae1f9cf202ee76d7a14fd
Vanessa Guillen act on military sexual violence: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/29/vanessa-guillen-act-military-investigations/#:~:text=Under%20the%20new%20law%2C%20the,signed%20into%20law%20last%20summer
Information on the Brandon Act: https://thebrandonact.org/
Honoring Our PACT Act: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/10/fact-sheet-president-biden-signs-the-pact-act-and-delivers-on-his-promise-to-americas-veterans/