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ARTS AND HUMANITIES ENDOWMENTS GET INCREASES FOR FY 2010
The Arts and Humanities Endowments (NEA and NEH) received an increase of $12.5 million in their budgets from both houses of Congress this week bringing both agencies up to $167.5 each for 2010. The President signed the bill into law today.

Statement on Congressional approval of the budget by Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, can be read here.