Mid-Term Elections: Impact on Congressional Arts Support: The November 7 election results produced significant changes in Congress as the House and Senate shift to majorities for the Democrats who gained five seats in the Senate and some 29 in the House. The impact of these changes on the politics of arts legislation remains to be…
Appropriations Bills Top Legislative Workload: Members of Congress returned to Capital Hill after Labor Day from almost six weeks of August recess to finish work on all the unresolved matters left from the current session. At the top of the list are the fiscal 2007 appropriations bills, all unfinished. That list includes the Interior Appropriations…