April 7, 2000

Lawmakers Say Funds May Not Be There for Bigger NEH Budget

By RON SOUTHWICK

Although the National Endowment for the Humanities is winning unusually strong support from Republicans and Democrats alike, it will be difficult for Congress to fulfill President Clinton's proposed budget increase for the agency, lawmakers warned at a House of Representatives appropriations hearing last month.

Members of both parties praised the direction of the endowment under William R. Ferris, its chairman. However, Republicans in both the House and the

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