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The House is expected to vote on a bill that will claw back close to $1.1 billion in previously approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. CEO of NPR Katherine Maher discusses the impact the cuts will have and what it means for communities across the country.
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Daily Voice on MSNNPR, PBS Respond To Congress Canceling Public Media Funds: 'Tremendous Setback'Republicans in Congress have voted to slash more than $1 billion in funding for public media outlets, putting millions of Americans at risk of losing news, educational programming, and emergency alerts.
In 2018, during his first term, Trump sent a $15.3 billion rescission package to Congress that passed the House but failed in the Senate. This time, however, the Senate agreed to Trump’s cuts 51-48, with Murkowski and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine being the only Republicans to join Democrats in opposing the bill.
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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.
Dayton, voted against the bill, which passed largely along party lines. Once signed by President Donald Trump, the measure would strip money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
Escalating import tariffs are beginning to show up in the prices that consumers pay. The President has backtracked on his promise to release government's files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the Senate has approved a cut of more than one billion dollars for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – which provides money to NPR,