Murkowski at odds with Trump’s call to end NEA funding

Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to reporters in one of the Senate’s more ornate rooms. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)President Trump’s budget outline calls for eliminating funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA has been a frequent target of Republicans, but U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski supports the endowment, and Tuesday she won the 2017 Congressional Arts Leadership Award.
Americans for the Arts, in a press release explaining the award, said Murkowski &