#2 for Quick Action: Has your U.S. Representative heard
from you about how he or she voted on the National Endowment on the Arts (NEA)?
If not, take quick action here -- will take you two minutes. We're thankful the additional cut to the NEA was defeated by
a vote of 181-240 on July 28 in the U.S. House.
Details and
how Florida's U.S. Representatives voted are below
(11 voted against cut; 13 voted for it; 1 did not vote).
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The Walberg Amendment was defeated on the U.S. House floor on July 28 by a vote of 181-240.
Your e-mails and telephone calls made a difference.
If the Walberg Amendment had passed, the House would have added an additional $10.6-million cut to the $20-million reduction already in the House bill for the NEA for FY 2012. The NEA has gone from $167.5 million last year, to $155 million this year; and now, the U.S. House recommends $135 million for FY 2012.
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Here are how Florida's U.S. Representatives voted
on July 28 on the Walberg Amendment:
Voted NAY
Florida members who voted to prevent this additional
$10.6-million cut to the NEA in the proposed FY 2012
U.S. House budget:
Representative Corrine Brown (D-3)
Representative Vern Buchanan (R-13)
Representative Kathy Castor (D-11)
Representative Ted Deutch (D-19)
Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-21)
Representative Alcee Hastings (D-23)
Representative John Mica (R-7)
Representative David Rivera (R-25)
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-18)
Representative Dennis Ross (R-12)
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-20)
5 Florida Democrats and 6 Republicans voted to prevent
a deeper cut to the NEA
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Voted YEA
Florida members who voted to cut an additional $10.6 million to the NEA in the proposed FY 2012 U.S. House budget:
Representative Sandy Adams (R-24)
Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-9)
Representative Ander Crenshaw (R-4)
Representative Connie Mack (R-14)
Representative Jeff Miller (R-1)
Representative Rich Nugent (R-5)
Representative Bill Posey (R-15)
Representative Tom Rooney (R-16)
Representative Steve Southerland, II (R-2)
Representative Cliff Stearns (R-6)
Representative Daniel Webster (R-8)
Representative Allen West (R-22)
Representative C.W. Bill Young (R-10)
Did not vote:
Representative Frederica Wilson (D-17)
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For additional information,
e-mail the Florida Cultural Alliance at
info@flca.net.
