While support for many federal agencies will remain flat, President Bush has proposed a large increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities in his FY 2004 budget, with nearly all of the new dollars going to the "We the People" program. Created last year to encourage better understanding of U.S. history by supporting opportunities for teachers and other state and local projects, this program would receive $25 million.
"Humanities Endowment Would Receive Big Increase, Focused on New Program in American History," by Anne Marie Borrego, Chronicle of Higher Education, February 4, 2003 (subscription required)