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The Walberg amendment to H.R. 2584, the House Interior Appropriations bill that would have cut an additional $10.6 million from the National Endowment for the Arts failed 240-181 earlier today. All 185 Democrats present voted against the amendment and 55 Republicans joined them.
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On July 19, President and CEO, Rorbet L. Lynch attended an events surrounding the White House initiative called Champions for Change: Winning the Future Across America.
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Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, and the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) today presented Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell with the Lieutenant Governors Arts Leadership Award, which honors a public official who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the advancement of the arts at the state level. Lt. Governor Treadwell will receive his award today at the NLGA’s Annual Conference in San Juan, PR.
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As early as next Monday, the full U.S. House of Representatives will vote on FY 2012 funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Last week, the House Appropriations Committee took the first step in the budget process and passed the Interior Appropriations bill, which proposes to fund the NEA at $135 million for FY 2012. If enacted, this $20 million cut would be the deepest to the NEA in 16 years.
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Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, in conjunction with the National Association of Counties (NACo) will present the 2011 National Award for County Arts Leadership to Councilman Joe Giles of Erie County, Pennsylvania. Councilman Giles will receive his award today at the morning general session at NACo’s annual conference, which is being held this year in Portland, OR.
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On Tuesday, the full House Appropriations Committee passed their initial FY2012 Interior Department funding bill by a vote of 28-18.
This legislation contains a $20 million cut for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), passed last week by the Subcommittee, from FY2011's $155 million level.
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07-12-2011: The full U.S. House Appropriations Committee passed FY 2012 budget legislation that included a $20 million cut in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts from the agency's FY 2011 level of $155 million.
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As NASA completes its historical space shuttle program, Americans for the Arts could not be more pleased to hear that the arts will be used as a vehicle to celebrate the impact of this important contribution to our society.
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Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Interior Subcommittee approved a measure that sets next year's initial funding level for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) at $135 million.
That amount is a $20 million reduction as compared with this fiscal year's budget, and it would be the deepest cut to the agency in 16 years.
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07-07-2011: The U.S House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee approved FY 2012 budget legislation that funds the NEA at $132 million, which is a reduction of $20 million from the previous year's funding.
