Congress saves public television from massive funding cuts

July 22nd, 2007 | Category: Children

Chalk that up to one of those items that got lost amidst all of the other crap that goes on in Congress. Last week, in a vote of 357-72, members of the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected President Bush’s plan to eliminate the $420 million dollar subsidy the federal government pays for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The CPB was created by Congress back in 1967 to shield public broadcasting from political influence. The funds they

receive are distributed within PBS and local public television stations as well as National Public Radio and its affiliates. Funding for the CPB has been a point of contention in Congress by the last few years. Two years ago Republicans attempted but floped to slash the public broadcasting subsidies (Not a jab at Republicans here; just stating facts).

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Original post by Richard Keller

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