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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>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
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> AAM Museum Advocacy
[mailto:efarber@aam-us.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 06, 2009 8:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> rwaterhouse@semcdirect.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Coburn Amendment Passes, Museums Must Respond</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
Amendment Excluding Museums Passes Senate, 73-24<br>
</span></b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tell
Congress About Your Museum's Economic Impact!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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, "<i>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.</i>"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The
amendment was adopted on a 73-24 vote. You can see how your Senators voted</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span></b><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.congressweb.com/t/l/?IHJCKHPRPNEQVSC">HERE</a></span></u></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Congress
needs to be reminded that museums are a vital part of our economy," said
<b>AAM President Ford W. Bell</b>. "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."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You can do this
</span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>today</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> by answering a few
questions about your museum</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.congressweb.com/t/l/?IHJCKHPRPNPYASJ">HERE</a>.</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> The information you
provide will be automatically entered into letters that you can send to your
Members of Congress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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 </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'><a href="http://www.congressweb.com/t/l/?IHJCKHPRPNFFADH">contacting</a></span></u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>your U.S. Senators and
Representative today! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Visit </span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.congressweb.com/t/l/?IHJCKHPRPNPUYTO">www.speakupformuseums.org</a></span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> for more information
about AAM's advocacy for museums. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Jill Koverman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Curator of Collections<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>McKissick Museum<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>University of South Carolina<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Columbia, SC 29208<o:p></o:p></p>
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