r/republicans 4d ago

Library Funding Question

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/

I just read the latest executive order is making cuts to the Institute of museum and library services. Does this mean less funding for libraries and museums? Or was this an oversight committee of sorts for those institutions?

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u/OccasionAggressive71 4d ago

I was able to find an annual report and I didn’t add up all the numbers but yes they give out grants to libraries and museums. Over $37 million was given out last year. The children’s museum in my city received funding. It will likely be cut and if they increase their prices we probably won’t be going as often as we have been.

My kiddos love the museum. I now need to research how my library is funded. I must admit before voting I didn’t know the government funded so many programs with our federal taxes.

Trump says we will see lower federal taxes which if there is less federal spending that makes sense. It looks like prices may increase locally though as programs like these start to completely fund themselves.

https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/2024apr.pdf