The Republican Congress is looking to take money from the NEH and NEA. Please call your Rep. and ask them to support additional funding.
From the AHA:
There is still time to take a few minutes and write or call your Representative.
The U.S. House of Representatives is tentatively scheduled to consider the FY2007
Interior Appropriations bill between Friday, May 19 and Tuesday, May 23. Recently, the
Interior Appropriations Committee supported the President's request and recommended
funding for the NEH at $142 million. Despite the appearance of level funding, this
actually is a proposed cut of $1.3 million to the agency's core programs of research,
education, preservation & access, public programs, and challenge grants.
We expect that when the bill comes to the House floor, an amendment will be introduced by
the leadership of the Congressional Humanities Caucus [Rep. Jim Leach (IA-2) and Rep.
David Price (NC-4)] and the Congressional Arts Caucus [Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY-28) and
Rep. Christopher Shays (CT-4)] to increase funding for the NEH and the NEA by $10 million
to $15 million, evenly divided between the two endowments. This would mean an increase
for the NEH of $5 million to $7.5 million that would help rebuild program lines suffering
from budget rescissions and inflation.
We strongly encourage you to send a message to your member of Congress via email or fax,
urging them to vote in favor of this amendment.