Arts Funding - Americans for the Arts Update Tags:americans for the arts, arts and economy, arts economic recovery, arts groups, endowment for the arts, Marketing Trends, national endowment for the arts

An update from Americans for the Arts on Congressional activities today and tomorrow regarding arts funding:

House
Last week the House Appropriations Committee approved a plan that included $50 million in supplemental grants funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, and a number of other provisions that can benefit the arts.  Starting tonight, and continuing tomorrow, the House will be considering the recovery legislation on the floor, and a number of votes are expected.

Senate
The Senate will be starting their debate on the bill on Friday and continuing through next week.  While the Senate Appropriations Committee did not include an arts jobs funding provision in their version of the bill, advocates still have several opportunities over the next few days to change the final outcome.  Amendments could be made to the Senate bill or the House arts funding provision itself could prevail in the final House/Senate conference bill.

Please ask your Member of Congress and Senators to support the arts: Americans for the Arts

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