May 26, 2000

House Panel Kills Proposed Budget Increases for Endowments

By RON SOUTHWICK

Going against the wishes of President Clinton, a House spending subcommittee voted last week against increasing funds for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment of the Arts in the 2001 fiscal year.

Under the plan, the humanities endowment's budget would be $115-million, about $35-million less than President Clinton proposed for 2001. The arts endowment would receive $98-million, $52-million below the president's

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