The final outcome will be decided as the House and Senate negotiations unfold over the coming couple of weeks to craft the full-year FY2011 budget resolution carrying federal spending through the remaining months of the current fiscal year. This is not the last word, however, on FY2011 funding. The Senate Democrats’ response to the arts endowment’s spending, setting the budget at the 2010 level, is an encouraging sign. Department of Education’s Arts in Education program, which was eliminated in the short-term CR passed a week ago. With the votes put aside, negotiations will continue to arrive at an agreement on how much gets cut from the overall federal budget in 2011.Īdvocacy continues: Your continued advocacy is essential to keep the message in front of your senators and representatives to maintain current funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, and to restore $40 million in funding for the U.S. Neither measure is expected to receive the 60 votes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has said he will require to let either bill go forward. Tomorrow afternoon the Senate plans to vote on both bills-the Democrats’ proposed FY2011 funding bill, which cuts $6.5 billion beyond the $4 billion cut in the short-term continuing resolution passed last week, and the bill passed by the Republican majority in the House in February to cut a total of $61.5 billion. This is the Senate Democrats’ response to the measure passed by the House in early February proposing to cut NEA funds by $43 million in the current year. The Senate Appropriations Committee has released its version of the year-long continuing resolution (CR) proposing to hold funds for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) at the 2010 level of $167.5 million. The debate over the fiscal year 2011 federal budget continues. Birch, Legislative CounselĪction Update: Senate Democrats’ Bill Maintains NEA Funding Level
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