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Dear Colleague Letters

2008

• Dear Colleague from Congressional Arts Caucus requesting an appropriations level of $176 million in FY 2009 funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.

2007

• Dear Colleague from Congressional Arts Caucus co-chairs Louise Slaughter and Chris Shays and Ways and Means Subcommitee on Oversight Chairman John Lewis and Ranking Member Jim Ramstad requesting Members of Congress to co-sponsor H.R. 1524, the Artist-Museum Partnership Act, allowing artists to deduct the fair market value for self-generated works donated to non-profit institutions.
• Dear Colleague from Congressional Arts Caucus requesting an appropriations level of $176 million in FY 2008 funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.
• Dear Colleague from Congressional Arts Caucus requesting an appropriations level of $53 million in FY 2008 funding for the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education.

2006

• Dear Colleague from Senate members requesting an appropriations increase for FY 2007 funding to the National Endowment for the Arts. (circulated 9/21/06)
• Dear Colleague from House members requesting an appropriations increase for FY 2007 funding to the National Endowment for the Arts. (4/7/06)
• Dear Colleague requesting appropriators increase funding to the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education. A list of signatories is located on the last page. (3/16/06)

2005

• Dear Colleague requesting House-Senate Labor/HHS/ED conferees accept the Senate funding level of $35.7 million for the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education. (11/2/05)
• Dear Colleague requesting House–Senate Interior conferees increase funding to the National Endowment for the Arts by $10 million. (7/19/05)
• Dear Colleague requesting appropriators increase funding to the National Endowment for the Arts. (5/6/05)
• Dear Colleague requesting appropriators increase funding to the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education. (5/13/05)
• Dear Colleague inviting Senators to join the Senate Cultural Caucus. (4/19/05)

2004

• Dear Colleague requesting appropriators increase funding to the National Endowment for the Arts. (4/23/04)
• Dear Colleague requesting appropriators increase funding to the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education. (4/23/04)