A bill that would claw back $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting cleared the House Rules Committee, setting it up for a floor vote later this week.
The Trump administration sent a rescissions package to Congress last week that rescinded funding to foreign aid programs, along with public broadcasting. If the bill passes, it will zero out $535 million in fudning to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting over the next two fiscal years, even though it was already allocated. The CPB is the non profit corporation set up by Congress to distribute federal funding to public media stations, PBS, NPR and other entities.
It’s still unclear whether Republicans have the votes for the rescissions package to pass.
It’s annoying but I saw it as they are trying too hard to present both sides, and trying to report on government happenings like these are more normal times. Still hard to listen to.
Big donors require it or they stop donating. Yes it stinks like day old fish left in the sun.