House Passes Rescission of $1.1B Taxpayer Funding of PBS, NPR – Despite 4 GOP Defectors

Craig Bannister, MRCTV.org

By a 214-212 vote, the House passed Pres. Donald Trump’s “rescission” request to rescind

$9.4 billion of taxpayer funding – including $1.1 billion of funding of NPR and PBS, as well as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funnels the taxpayer money to them. All Democrats voted against the bill. They were joined by four Republicans who voted against the measure. The rescission bill now moves to the Senate, which may approve all – or just portions – of the rescissions listed in the package.