NEA / NEH Funding Cuts Defeated in House!

(Action Alert Update via Americans for the Arts)

U.S. HOUSE REJECTS CUT TO NEA!

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Thanks to record-levels of calls, emails, and tweets from arts advocates to Members of Congress in the past few days, we have good news!

On July 18, the U.S. House of Representatives soundly defeated an amendment that would have cut funding the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The House voted down the Grothman amendment by a vote of 114 – 297! This is one of the largest vote margins in support of the Endowments in the U.S. House! Read Americans for the Arts President & CEO Robert L. Lynch’s statement here.

Now that this amendment to cut the funding for the Endowments has been defeated, the U.S. House is expected to pass the Interior funding bill in its entirety later today. Both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate are proposing $2 million increases to the agencies, bringing both of their budgets up to $155 million for FY 2019.

Read the full update at the Americans for the Arts mobilization site and share the news!!