[Scmusenet] Coburn Amendment Passes, Museums Must Respond

[KOVERMAN, JILL]

Please take the time to respond! It is important that our Senators hear
from us - to let them know that we are keeping up with what is happening
locally and nationally!  

 

 

From: AAM Museum Advocacy [mailto:efarber at aam-us.org] 
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:09 PM
To: rwaterhouse at semcdirect.net
Subject: Coburn Amendment Passes, Museums Must Respond

 

 


Amendment Excluding Museums Passes Senate, 73-24
Tell Congress About Your Museum's Economic Impact!

During Senate consideration of the economic recovery legislation today,
an amendment was passed prohibiting funds from going to museums, zoos,
and aquariums. The amendment, offered by Sen. Tom Coburn (S. Amdt. No.
309), states, "None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used for any casino or other gambling
establishment, aquariums, zoo, golf course, swimming pool, stadium,
community park, museum, theater, art center and highway beautification
project."

The amendment was adopted on a 73-24 vote. You can see how your Senators
voted HERE <http://www.congressweb.com/t/l/?IHJCKHPRPNEQVSC> .

Differences between the House and Senate versions of the economic
stimulus legislation will have to be resolved in a House-Senate
conference committee before the bill is submitted to the President. 

"Congress needs to be reminded that museums are a vital part of our
economy," said AAM President Ford W. Bell. "It's time for us to make our
case and I am calling on all museums to send their Members of Congress
an Economic Impact Statement showing the ways in which their museum
contributes to the economy."

You can do this today by answering a few questions about your museum 
HERE <http://www.congressweb.com/t/l/?IHJCKHPRPNPYASJ> . The information
you provide will be automatically entered into letters that you can send
to your Members of Congress.

Most Members of Congress do not realize that museums employ more than a
quarter-million Americans, spend an estimated $14.5 billion annually,
and rank among the top three family vacation destinations. Let them know
about the local impact your museum has by contacting
<http://www.congressweb.com/t/l/?IHJCKHPRPNFFADH>  your U.S. Senators
and Representative today! 

Visit www.speakupformuseums.org
<http://www.congressweb.com/t/l/?IHJCKHPRPNPUYTO>  for more information
about AAM's advocacy for museums. 

 

 

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Jill Koverman

Curator of Collections

McKissick Museum

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208

(803) 777-3708

 

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