Right now, the conference committee is hammering out the final version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The goal is to reconcile the House version of the bill with the Senate version of the bill. The House version includes $50 million for the NEA to help keep jobs in the arts intact. The Senate version includes no such money, and adds on a much-discussed amendment that specifically prohibits any of the other $790 billion or so from going to museums and arts centers. Negotiations are apparently at an advanced stage, but there’s still time to make your views known. Courtesy, Meet The Composer, here are the folks on the conference committee:
Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA-30)
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA-41)
Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI-04)
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY-15)
Rep. David R. Obey (D-WI-07)
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