The US Congress may vote this week on a budget for the National Endowment for the Arts. The proposed budget calls for no increase. “The bipartisan Congressional Arts Caucus, composed of House members who support the arts, is prepared to introduce an amendment from the floor calling for a minimum increase of $9 million for the NEA. The House Appropriations Committee reallocated about $6.5 million to the new American Masterpieces initiative from the Challenge America arts program, and the caucus’s amendment would restore the Challenge America funding.”