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Since the stepped-up Congressional scrutiny of the NEA, one other panelist has resigned and two artists have rejected NEA grants to protest the alleged censorship...
...arts community is using censorship as abuzz word," said the aide, who requestedanonymity. "The NEA was created by Congress. Thearts community is saying Congress hasn't any sayin determining where [the funds...
...said the amendment was merely designed toforce the NEA to be "more responsible in how itdistributes grants...
Loeb Drama Center Director Robert S. Brustein,a vocal critic of the Helms ammendment, said thatwhen the NEA was created, Congress acknowledgedits ignorance of the arts and delegated theresponsibility of awarding grants to the NEA andits panelists...
...Both the NEA's authorization and the Helmsamendment will come up for review in September,said Virginia Falck, public affairs specialist forthe NEA. Opponents of the amendment said Congressmay remove the Helms amendment from NEA'sauthorization, or it may eliminate NEA altogether...