Fulbright alumni from all over the world were among the first to raise their voices loudly and clearly to object to the $30 million cut to the Fulbright Program the Obama Administration originally proposed for the 2015 federal budget in March, and the appropriations committees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate voted in June to restore Fulbright funding.
On December 17, President Obama signed the 2015 federal budget into law that not only fully restored Fulbright funding at its previous 2014 levels but also increased it by $1.8 million to $236,485,000. SaveFulbright.org and alumni advocacy were a crucial part of the civic activism associated with this remarkable bipartisan success story, which is also a fine illustration of the democratic process at work.
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