Colleagues: The following information came off another list. Even if it should not be true, the email addresses at the end may be useful to you in the future - because something is bound to happen and it probably won't be pretty. Sorry for the length! Suzanne Quigley Head Registrar Detroit Institute of Arts [log in to unmask] > Here is the news re Republican efforts to kill all funding for these > agencies by a simple majority vote on the Senate floor -- without going > through a hearing process. > > My source for this information is Carl Woodring, who received a call with > this news from Tom O'Brien, in the Grants office of NEH. He called > Gingrich's office to find out what the hearing schedule would be and > learned this news. O'Brien is less concerned wth House deliberations, > where he believes it will be possible to work out an agreement for > funding, though probably reduced, than he is with the Senate, where > funding could disappear without anything more than a floor vote. > > If only for the record and possible future funding, I urge all to write > appropriate senators to protest this plan to kill this funding without a > hearing. > > > Please distribute this news as widely as possible. > > > Theresa M. Kelley > Associate Professor > University of Texas, Austin THE FOLLOWING IS FROM ANOTHER LIST POSTING (S QUIGLEY) SOURCE:gopher://gopher.house.gov/ UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSTITUENT ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM We welcome your inquiry to the House of Representatives Constituent Electronic Mail System. Currently, thirtynine Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been assigned public electronic mailboxes that may be accessed by their constituents. 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