2008-06-12T00:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5328 tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-12:/action/160207 2008-06-12T00:00:00Z To improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-12:/action/156871 2008-05-12T00:00:00Z A bill to improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-07:/action/156496 2008-05-07T00:00:00Z A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance housing loan authorities for veterans and to otherwise assist veterans and members of the Armed Forces in avoiding the foreclosure of their homes, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-01:/action/152233 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z A bill to improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-17:/action/150499 2008-04-17T00:00:00Z To create a voluntary FHA program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-16:/action/150178 2008-04-16T00:00:00Z To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a mortgage foreclosure counseling program for members of the Armed Forces returning from service abroad.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-15:/action/150022 2008-04-15T00:00:00Z To amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide grants for school-based mentoring programs for at risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy, and to provide student loan forgiveness for mentors participating in such programs.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-10:/action/149701 2008-04-10T00:00:00Z To prohibit authorized lenders of home equity conversion mortgages from requiring seniors to purchase an annuity with the proceeds of a reverse mortgage, and to provide other consumer protections to reverse mortgage borrowers, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-13:/action/147940 2008-03-13T00:00:00Z To authorize the Attorney General to award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, adolescents, teachers, families, and community leaders on the principles and practice of nonviolence.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-13:/action/147652 2008-03-13T00:00:00Z A resolution designating March 22, 2008, as National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-07:/action/147024 2008-03-07T00:00:00Z A bill to aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-06:/action/146879 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs for substance use disorders, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-28:/action/146388 2008-02-28T00:00:00Z A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to provide grants to institutions of higher education to establish programs for the provision of services and support to veterans who are students at such institutions, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-14:/action/145775 2008-02-14T00:00:00Z A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance and improve insurance, housing, labor and education, and other benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-14:/action/145865 2008-02-14T00:00:00Z A bill to provide for enhanced reimbursement of servicemembers and veterans for certain travel expenses.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-13:/action/145482 2008-02-13T00:00:00Z A bill to provide needed housing reform.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-28:/action/143959 2008-01-28T00:00:00Z To encourage model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education by coordinating services to address the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of veteran students.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-19:/action/141550 2007-12-19T00:00:00Z A bill to establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/action/140979 2007-12-18T00:00:00Z A bill to ensure that families of members of the National Guard and Reserve have full access to mental health care during the mobilization, deployment, and demobilization of such members, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-14:/action/140645 2007-12-14T00:00:00Z A bill to prohibit authorized lenders of home equity conversion mortgages from requiring seniors to purchase an annuity with the proceeds of a reverse mortgage, and to provide other consumer protections to reverse mortgage borrowers.<br /><br />