BUSH BUDGET REQUEST PROPOSES BIG CUTS IN ARTS & EDUCATION FUNDING
President Bush sent his FY 2009 budget request to Congress on Feb. 4, beginning the yearly appropriations process for, among many things, the nation's cultural agencies and programs, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Office of Museum Services (OMS), Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and the Department of Education's Arts in Education programs. On the heels of signing the largest Congressionally-initiated funding increase for the arts in 28 years, President Bush has proposed a $16.3 million cut for FY 2009 for the NEA, from $144.7 million to $128.4 million.
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