Search Great Leap Arts Advocacy Home News Programs Artists Booking Calendar About GL Community Site Map Contact us Mailing list Supporters Board Staff Photo Gallery Online Survey Message Board Rice, Frijoles, Greens Grain of Sand Grain Reunion Concert To All Relations Special Budget Update: 5/19/06 Congrats: The Congressional Arts Caucus Amendment passed! Good news! The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Congressional Arts Caucus Amendment to increase funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) by $5 million each. The amendment passed impressively by a voice vote.   In addition, the House defeated the amendment by Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-CO) to cut NEA funding by $30 million, as it has done in past years! The Congressional Arts Caucus Amendment was sponsored by co-chairs Reps. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Chris Shays (R-CT), Humanities Caucus co-chairs Jim Leach (R-IA) and David Price (D-NC), and Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Democrat Norm Dicks (D-WA).   A majority of Members supported this arts funding increase, in part because of the steady stream of constituent messages (more than 5,200!) pouring in over the last 72 hours. Thanks to all of you, as we would not have achieved this terrific outcome without all of you arts supporters! Updated: 5/23/06

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