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.

While the Lehigh Valley’s outlets including WDIY radio and Lehigh Valley Public Media — which consists of PBS39, WLVR radio and the Lehigh Valley News website — receive most of their funding from

Shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday morning, the Senate passed legislation that would rescind $9 billion in government funding that Congress previously approved. The Rescission Act of 2

The Senate on Wednesday afternoon started a process is dubbed vote-a-rama, where members can offer up amendments. Democrats plan to offer a series of changes, including ones that would alleviate the impact of the cuts. They include measures to provide continued funding for rural and tribal area stations, emergency alerts and public safety.