Congress cleared a massive, $1.7 trillion year-end spending bill on Friday that boosts funding for the arts and for public broadcasting.
The 225-201 passage in the House, one day after the bill was approved by the Senate in a 68-29 bipartisan vote, also averts a government shutdown.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign the spending bill, which is for fiscal year 2023. The bill increases funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities by $27 million.
Their budgets will now each be at a high of $207 million. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will get an increase of $10 million to $535 million, for fiscal year 2025.
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