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<p>The following note was in a message from AASLH sent yesterday.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:13px;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Advocacy
Alert:</strong> On September 14, the U.S. House of
Representatives passed legislation <a
href="http://aaslh.site-ym.com/link.asp?e=fogarty@aaslh.org&job=3085597&e=bain@ohio.edu&job=3090298&ymlink=161686426&finalurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Econgress%2Egov%2Fbill%2F115th%2Dcongress%2Fhouse%2Dbill%2F3354"><span
style="color:#4a773c;">H.R.3354</span></a> by a vote of
211-198. It provides $1.23 trillion for the omnibus fiscal
year 2018 spending package and, regarding cultural
institutions, and is in opposition to the White House’s 2018
budget proposal. While the victory in the House of
Representatives is encouraging, the legislation still needs to
pass in the Senate. <a
href="http://aaslh.site-ym.com/link.asp?e=bain@ohio.edu&job=3090298&ymlink=162526573&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaam%2Dus%2Eorg%2Fadvocacy%2Ftake%2Daction%2Fadvocacy%2Dalerts%2F20170918"><span
style="color:#4a773c;">Learn more</span></a> and <a
href="http://aaslh.site-ym.com/link.asp?e=bain@ohio.edu&job=3090298&ymlink=162526573&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Econgressweb%2Ecom%2Faam%2F"><span
style="color:#4a773c;">let your Senator</span></a> know
that you support funding for the NEA, NEH, and IMLS. <br>
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<p><span style="font-size:13px;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please
contact our Ohio senators. An easy way is to go through
"senate.gov" then connect with Senators Brown and Portman via
telephone numbers, an e-mail portal, or office addresses links
listed in their respective pages.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13px;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;">George
Bain, Co-Chair, SOA Advocacy & Outreach Committee</span></span></p>
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