“Donald Trump’s much-anticipated 2018 budget proposes steep cuts to domestic programs—including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,” writes Eileen Kinsella in Tuesday’s (5/23) artnetnews.com. “According to an outline of the budget released last night, the proposal reiterates many of the cuts first rolled out by the administration earlier this year, including the elimination of the NEA and National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH). As usual, however, Congress remains intent on writing its own budget, so Trump’s plan is … more a symbolic statement of policy than a practical budget that is expected to be adopted in full. A spokesperson for the NEA … says that the organization is fully funded for the fiscal year, and will continue to make 2017 grant awards and ‘honor all obligated grant funds made to date.’ … The Trump administration first revealed a proposal to cut the two departments in its federal budget plan this past March…. Trump’s proposal is likely to face fierce opposition in Congress. Several Republican politicians have come out in favor of federal support for cultural organizations in recent months.”
Posted May 24, 2017
