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Article: NEA's survival not in doubt: New leader finds an easy rapport with Jesse Helms.(Culture, Et Cetera)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 18, 1998
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What a difference a year makes.
This time last year, the National Endowment for the Arts was in a seeming death spiral, with its allies in the Senate fighting to get even $98 million for the beleaguered arts agency.
All that has changed, William J. Ivey, its new chairman, said yesterday. The NEA may be returning to its halcyon days of plentiful funding and congressional support, he predicted in his first major speech since Congress approved him in May.
"Ninety-eight million [dollars] just isn't enough," he said at a National Press Club lunch. "Increasing that number substantially will be one of my highest priorities as chairman."
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