The Republican and Democrat co-chairs of the Congressional Public Broadcasting Caucus are urging the Trump administration to reconsider cuts to public broadcasting included in a $9.4 billion recission package that the House is set to vote on this week.
The legislation includes $1.1 billion in cuts to the Corporation of Public Broadcasting that were approved by Congress, $535 million in fiscal 2026 and 2027.
The CPB funds National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting Service, and local affiliates. The administration said in April that taxpayers “have been on the hook” for years funding NPR and PBS, which they said promoted “radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.'”
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