[NEohioPAL]Amendment to Increase NEA Funds by $10 Million Passes!

[Coughlin, Kay]

Message forwarded by Kay Coughlin with the Center for Arts and Culture
at Cuyahoga Community College.

-----Original Message-----
From: Shana Chase [mailto:SCHASE at artspresenters.org]=20
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 4:14 PM
To: grassroots-list at artspresenters.net; AAHSMINC at earthlink.net;
Chris at mauiarts.org
Subject: [Grassroots-list] Amendment to Increase NEA Funds by $10
Million Passes!

To Arts Presenters' Grassroots Network:

Just minutes ago, the full House approved the Slaughter (D-NY), Dicks
(D-WA), Horn (R-CA) and Johnson (R-CT) amendment to fund the NEA at $126
million during FY 2003!!!  This amount represents a $10 million increase
in funds for the agency's Challenge America program. The amendment also
included a $5 million increase for the National Endowment for the
Humanities.  The amendment passed by a vote of 234 to 192!

As always, it is highly likely that their will be amendments offered by
NEA opponents to decrease this funding. So stay tuned.=20

In addition, when the FY 2003 Interior Appropriations bill is complete,
I will issue a very detailed report on the NEA debate and the germane
amendments.=20

Shana




Shana M. Chase
Government Affairs Director
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC  20036
tel: (202) 833-2787, ext. 108
fax: (202) 833-1543
email: schase at artspresenters.org
website: www.artspresenters.org


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