NEA Chairman Presents Arts Budget to Appropriations Panel President’s budget proposes arts spending increase On February 5, the Bush administration sent to Congress its proposed budget for the 2008 fiscal year proposing $128.4 million in spending for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), an increase of $4 million for grants programs. Federal arts spending…
Welcome to New Members of Congress The 110th Congress convenes today, with 10 new Senators, 56 new members of the House of Representatives, and new leadership setting the agenda for the coming year. As the legislators begin to take their positions on committees and subcommittees and develop a legislative program, this is the time to…
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…
Advocates Build Support For NEA Fund Increase: While Congress is in recess until after the November elections, arts advocates are building support in the Senate for an increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the final appropriations bill for FY 2007 expected…
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…
Congress Stalls on 2007 Funding Bills: While the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have moved ahead with drafting the money bills for the coming 2007 fiscal year, the word from Capitol Hill is that none of the funding legislation will get wrapped up until after the November elections when Congress plans to return for a…
NEA Funding Moves to Senate Floor, Final Outcome Uncertain: The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on June 29 approved the FY 2007 Interior Appropriations Bill with funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) held at the current level of $124.4 million. The Senate bill also includes a funding freeze for the National Endowment for…
House Approves Arts Endowment Increase: On May 18, the House of Representatives agreed by voice vote to increase appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) by $5 million each in fiscal year 2007. The bipartisan amendment was co-sponsored by Reps. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Christopher Shays…
Congress Moves to Spending Bills as Budget Plan Stalls: Congress took a two week recess in April after failing to agree on a 2007 budget resolution. Fiscal policy may continue to exasperate legislators on Capitol Hill after they reconvene on April 25. The Senate adopted its initial budget in March, but disagreements among Republican factions…
Congress Demands Spending Room in Tight Budget Plan: Congressional response to the Presidentas FY 2007 budget proposing a funding freeze or cuts in most domestic discretionary spending is beginning to take shape. The Senate and House have begun work on the budget resolution which will serve as a blueprint for the appropriations bills setting the…
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