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 >>[log in to unmask] >>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 > >Collections Manager >UIHC Medical Museum >8024A JCP/200 Hawkins Dr. >Iowa City, IA 52242 >(319) 356-8475 FAX (319) 356-3862 > >[log in to unmask] > > John Martinson [log in to unmask] Work: Fort Walla Walla Museum 755 Myra Rd Walla Walla, WA 99364 (509) 525-7703 (Work)