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The US Senate voted to rescind two years' worth of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), delivering a blow to public radio and television stations around the country. The CPB is a publicly funded nonprofit corporation that supports NPR and PBS stations.
Trump's $9 billion rescissions package is advancing, despite a trio of Republican defections. It targets foreign aid and public broadcasting funding.
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WASHINGTON (WABI) - Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, spoke on the Senate floor against the ‘Recissions Package’ currently being considered by the Senate. The legislation aims to remove billions in congressionally approved funding. Some of the programs include the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and USAID.
The Senate early Thursday narrowly passed, 51-48, a $9 billion foreign aid and public media rescissions package, sending the spending cancellations sought by President Donald Trump back to the House where the clock is ticking to get it cleared by Friday.