- "President Bush will ask Congress for 15 percent .... - "President Bush will ask Congress for 15 percent more federal money for libraries and museums next year than he requested for this year."
"Bush's federal spending request, to be presented to lawmakers next month, will include $242 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which dispenses federal dollars to the nation's 122,000 libraries and 15,000 museums."
"The announcement was made Thursday by first lady Laura Bush, a former librarian who has made books and reading her special cause. (from AP) [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen]
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