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PBS, NPR Could Lose $1.1 Billion in Funding After Trump’s Rescission Bill Narrowly Passes House
The House voted in favor of President Trump's "rescission" bill Thursday, a measure that would claw back nearly $1.1 billion in funding already approved for PBS and NPR.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of President Trump’s “rescission” bill Thursday, a measure that would claw back nearly $1.1 billion in funding already approved for PBS and NPR. The package passed by a 214-212 in the House, largely along party lines with Republicans looking to enforce Trump’s agenda to cut federal funding for public media. Separately, PBS and NPR have both sued Trump and other White House officials over his May 1 executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease funding them to the “maximum extent allowed by law.” Trump’s order alleged that PBS and NPR they have engaged in “biased and partisan news coverage.”
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