At 10:45 am Eastern time, Rep. Peter Hoekstra *withdrew* his amendment to cut $31,500 from the NEA. He did so after receiving an assurance from Rep. Ralph Regula, who chairs the House Interior Appropriations subcommittee, that the subcommittee intends to eliminate funding for the NEA as of FY 1998. (You may recall that the House Republican leadership last year agreed to eliminate NEA as of '98 and NEH as of '99. This agreement was a deal struck with the GOP freshmen; it does not have the force of law.) We don't know whether Shadegg-Chenoweth-McIntosh will offer their amendment on NEH. So it's still worth contacting your House member, if you haven't already done so. Andy Finch [log in to unmask] AAM Government Affairs