U.S. House passes cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid
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The cuts are expected to weigh most heavily on smaller public media outlets away from big cities, and it’s likely some won’t survive.
North Carolina’s public broadcasters face federal funding cuts as House lawmakers prepare for final vote. Learn how it could affect NPR and PBS services.
"Like the people who turned Louisiana from a mosquito-ridden wilderness into a hospitable haven, we'll adapt and make the most of what we have," KRVS general manager said.
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The rescissions revised package passed by a vote of 51-48, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joining Democrats in voting against it.
The rescissions package the Senate approved early Thursday pulls more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that provides federal funding for NPR and PBS.
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This story has been updated with additional context and to reflect that New England Public Media also receives funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting through GBH, and so it received a total of $857,
Just as the Senate began debate on the rescissions package that would strip the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of two years' worth of its funding, the Trump administration filed a new lawsuit against the three CPB board members whom the president has attempted to fire but have refused to leave.