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Congress approves $811.5 million for Smithsonian

By Charlie Spiering
Published December 22, 2011 5:00am ET
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Congress approves $811.5 million for Smithsonian
The Smithsonian will receive $811.5 million in federal funding for 2012 in the mega-bus budget bill passed by Congress. The funding is an increase of last year’s $759,639,000 budget at a time when agencies such as the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities suffered cuts. The budget includes: $75 million […]

The Smithsonian will receive $811.5 million in federal funding for 2012 in the mega-bus budget bill passed by Congress. The funding is an increase of last year’s $759,639,000 budget at a time when agencies such as the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities suffered cuts.

The budget includes:

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