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Big Bird Goes Down as House Passes First DOGE Cuts

House Republicans narrowly vote through a bill to cut PBS, NPR, and foreign aid funding.

In the end, Reps. Mark Amodei of Nevada, Mike Turner of Ohio, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania defied the president and joined Democrats in voting against it. So, before we trigger major consequences for our local public broadcasting stations throughout the West and other rural areas, we need more discussion—rather than railroading folks over the East Coast’s editorials and indiscretions," he said. “I agree we must make meaningful cuts to shrink our federal deficit; however, I would be doing a disservice to the thousands of rural constituents in my district if I did not fight to keep their access to the rest of the world and news on the air,” he added.

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