US House Panel Cuts Funding for Public Television
WASHINGTON -- The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill on Thursday that would cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by $100 million, or 25 percent, starting in October.
The funding cut was included in a massive, $142.5 billion spending bill for health, education and labor programs that still must be passed by the full House and Senate.
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Senators Ask for Delayed Vote by Public Broadcasting Board
By Philip Kennicott
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 18, 2005; Page C01
Three prominent Democratic senators have added their voices to a growing chorus of dismay about the future of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under the leadership of Kenneth Y. Tomlinson.
In advance of a meeting Monday of the CPB board, Democrats Byron L. Dorgan (N.D.), Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Frank R. Lautenberg (N.J.) sent a letter to Tomlinson, the CPB chairman, expressing "serious concerns about reports of your interference in the programming decisions and governance" of the agency, which distributes federal funds to public broadcasters.
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Living in Windsor I've watched PBS from Detroit for twenty years and to have the monies cut would be a real shame. And yes, I have subscribed to the station off and on over the years.
MakrB
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