US Senate Passes Aid, Public Broadcasting Cuts
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The rescissions package the Senate approved early Thursday pulls more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that provides federal funding for NPR and PBS.
About 1,500 public broadcasters nationwide face severe budget cuts after the Senate voted Thursday to claw back $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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The rescissions revised package passed by a vote of 51-48, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joining Democrats in voting against it.
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