National Public Radio will face public scrutiny again on Thursday as House Republicans are set to eliminate the publicly-funded radio network’s taxpayer subsidies. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican, will bring a standalone bill that completely defunds NPR to the floor Thursday afternoon. Congressman Doug Lamborn, Colorado Republican, is cosponsoring the bill, HR 1076.
A spokeswoman for Cantor told The Daily Caller that the reasoning behind bringing this defunding bill forward when HR 1, the long-term Continuing Resolution that would fund the government through the end of this fiscal year, is because it defunds the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. NPR receives federal funding from other agencies and government sources and she said HR 1076 would cut those off.
GOP calls for cutting the flow of tax dollars into NPR renewed last week after conservative James O’Keefe released footage showing senior NPR executives bashing conservatives, saying Jewish people “obviously” control America’s newspapers and admitting that NPR would survive without the taxpayer money.
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A spokeswoman for Cantor told The Daily Caller that the reasoning behind bringing this defunding bill forward when HR 1, the long-term Continuing Resolution that would fund the government through the end of this fiscal year, is because it defunds the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. NPR receives federal funding from other agencies and government sources and she said HR 1076 would cut those off.
GOP calls for cutting the flow of tax dollars into NPR renewed last week after conservative James O’Keefe released footage showing senior NPR executives bashing conservatives, saying Jewish people “obviously” control America’s newspapers and admitting that NPR would survive without the taxpayer money.
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1 comment:
npr should have been defunded years ago. when they first started, their may have been a need but that time has long past.
they started throwing in that unbiased opinion many years ago and when you get funding from all tax payers this should not be allowed.
i hope all these types of programs are cut from the dole. enough is enough in this government. tax dollars are to be used for our defense and to maintain our infrastructure. that's it; no more, according to the constitution......
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