02-17-2011: The U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to cut an additional $20.5 million from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the FY 2011 appropriations package by a close vote of 217-209. The amendment offered by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) would reduce the NEA budget to $124.5 million, turning the clock back four years to its FY 2007 funding level. Two other amendments that proposed termination of the National Endowment for the Arts offered by Reps. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) and Connie Mack (R-FL) were not brought to the floor.