For several years CAN diligently pressured Congress to withdraw all funding for the National Endowment for the Arts - an agency that has used taxpayer dollars to fund thousands of artists, filmmakers, museums and writers who produce pornographic, anti-religious, and anti-Christian work.

In October of 1996 CAN staged a "Funeral March" against the National Endowment for the Arts on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.  During the demonstration, a black coffin filled with examples of NEA-funded art was carried up the Capitol steps, after which onlookers were invited to view for themselves how their tax dollars were being spent by the NEA.

In the summer of 1997, CAN launched an ambitious cross-country tour of NEA projects, culminating in another demonstration outside the U.S. Capitol.  This time, Capitol Police confiscated the "art" and issued a warrant for Mr. Mawyer's arrest for displaying "obscene" art - the same "art" that American taxpayers have been forced to fund for years.

In 1998 Congress again failed to de-fund the NEA and CAN stepped up its lobbying efforts with a widely publicized demonstration outside NEA headquarters, and a national media campaign.