Conservative activists have waited decades to defund PBS and NPR.
They're finally getting their chance
Richard Nixon tried. Ronald Reagan tried. President Donald Trump tried
during his first term in office.
All three Republican presidents wanted to strip taxpayer support for
PBS and NPR stations. But all three men were stymied by Congress.
This time, however, might be different. Trump, emboldened in his
second term, sent a package of spending cuts to Capitol Hill earlier
this month, and the House of Representatives is expected to vote on
the measure Thursday afternoon.
The bill, known on Capitol Hill as a "rescissions" proposal, is the
closest NPR and PBS have ever come to a complete loss of federal
funding. The bill would strip all federal funding from the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting, which distributes taxpayer dollars to radio
and TV stations across the country. If it passes the House, it will
move to the Senate for consideration.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/media/pbs-npr-defund-rescissions-trump-conservative-media
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