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House OKs Deep Cuts in Federal Arts and Land Programs
The House approved a 12 billion Interior Department and cultural programs package cutting 40 percent from the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, leaving each with 99.5 million for 1996. The bill also trims parks, wildlife services, endangered species oversight and Indian services while maintaining a coastal drilling and mining claim ban. Senate likely to match cuts though less severe.
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