Idaho Senator Mike Crapo is pushing for improved education benefits for U.S. National Guard and military reserve members through the Reserve Educational Assistance Program Enhancement Act of 2008. Crapo believes the changes proposed to REAP will improve the educational options to all citizen soldiers.

US Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) comments

Crapo says as members of America’s Guard and Reserve are called upon more and more to defend the nation’s security in the war on terror, a better education benefit needs to be implemented to reflect their contributions.

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Crapo worked with Arkansas Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln last year to improve other inequities in education under the GI Bill. Those changes were reflected in the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Authorization Act that passed Congress. Along with Idaho Senator Crapo, other co-sponsors of the measure include Senators from Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Maryland, Colorado and Oregon.