AS BUDGET DEBATES BEGIN, REPUBLICANS PUT NPR, PBS ON CHOPPING BLOCK

As the House prepares for debate today on the budget, Republicans are trying to cut off public funding for NPR and the community Broadcasting Service, which run such iconic programs as "Sesame Street" and "Morning Edition."

 

The House Republicans' budget would rescind any funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which funds these two organizations for the remainder of the year, and zero out millions in funds after that. This is not the first attempt by legislature to cut funding for what many Republicans see as liberal-leaning televise operations.

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