Public broadcasting cuts will hit North Country stations
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The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid.
Murkowski said on Wednesday that she still opposes the bill after voting on Tuesday against advancing it forward.
The three CPB board members were terminated in April, yet have continued to show up to work, claiming the president didn't have the authority to fire them.
Republican majorities in both houses of Congress have now approved President Donald Trump’s clawback of about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid that lawmakers had appropriated.
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 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.
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,
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.