Panel Restores NEA Grant Restrictions
<i> The Washington Post</i>
WASHINGTON —
A compromise that would have imposed no restrictions on the type of work funded by the National Endowment for the Arts was derailed in the Senate Tuesday when the Appropriations Committee reinstated a controversial list of forbidden subject matter.
The committee also included language empowering the NEA to require grant recipients to sign a pledge of compliance with the content restrictions. The funding bill for fiscal year 1991 is expected to reach the Senate floor today.
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