I agree!!  Andy thank you so much for the information.  It is nice
to go to one source for the answers, with our busy environment at work.
I appreciate your concern and passing the information on to the group.

John

At 10:03 AM 6/24/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>Date:    Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:18:52 -0400
>>From:    Andy Finch <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: NEH votes.
>>
>>1)  By a wide margin -- about 80 votes --  the House defeated the Shadegg
>>amendment to cut NEH by a further $12 million.  They haven't voted on
>>final passage of the interior appropriations bill yet, but we anticipate no
>>more amendments on the cultural agencies.
>>
>>2)  In response to a question:
>>
>>Rep. Regula (chair of interior approps subcommittee) told the House that
>>the committee intends to stand by the leadership agreement reached last
>>year, which called for eliminating the NEA *after* FY 1997 and NEH after
>>1998.  In order to actually eliminate the agency(ies), the House would
>>have to so vote *next* year (regarding NEA) and the following year for
>>NEH. In other words, it really doesn't matter very much what Mr. Regula
>>says today, because the crux will be in the next Congress.
>>
>>Sorry for Beltway talk -- just yell if I am being unintelligible.
>>
>>Andy Finch
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>>AAM Government Affairs
>
>Thanks for keeping us updated, Andy.  This is my main source of information
>regarding cultural funding debates in Washington, as our local paper
>doesn't cover this issue very often.
>
>Cris Wolf
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