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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>,
Cyberculture <cyberculture@zacha.org>
Subject: House Approves NEA Increase (fwd)
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:20:33 -0400 (EDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:57:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Americans for the Arts <advocacy@artsusa.org> To: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com> Subject: House Approves NEA Increase June 26, 2009 Dear Alan: Great news! Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $15 million increase for both the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for FY 2010. Currently funded at $155 million, this increase would bring the agency's budget to $170 million. Please take two minutes to write to your Senators and urge them to support this important funding increase! < http://capwiz.com/artsusa/utr/1/BNLXKTRZNB/CDWHKTSAAT/3563685886> Thanks to the arts leadership of House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Norm Dicks (D-WA) and Congressional Arts Caucus co-chair Louise Slaughter (D-NY), this House-approved funding increase for the NEA exceeds President Obama's budget request by $8.7 million and is the highest proposed appropriation for the NEA since its $176 million peak in FY 1992. On June 25, corresponding legislation in the Senate Appropriations Committee set NEA and NEH funding at only $161.3 million each. Next Steps: We must now put pressure on the Senate to match the funding level set in the House of Representatives. Please take two minutes to visit Americans for the Arts E-Advocacy Center to send a letter to your Senators. < http://capwiz.com/artsusa/utr/1/BNLXKTRZNB/EFMRKTSAAU/3563685886> Help us continue this important work by becoming an official member of the Arts Action Fund. If you are not already a member, play your part by joining the Arts Action Fund today -- it's free and simple: http://capwiz.com/artsusa/utr/1/BNLXKTRZNB/NQAPKTSAAV/3563685886 --- If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, please visit http://capwiz.com/artsusa/lmx/u/?jobid=127812335&queueid=3563685886.