Senate Stimulus Bill Gives Over $100 Million To Arts Organizations

The Senate stimulus compromise package passed in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday includes over $100 million for the arts, with $25 million in funding for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. and $75 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Democrats had previously wanted $35 million for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts  and $300 million for both the the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.