Sorry, NPR/PBS, You're Losing Your Funding: Senate Passes Trump's Rescissions Package
Matt Vespa | July 17, 2025 2:45 AM
The Senate has passed President Trump’s rescissions package on a 51-48 vote, which codifies some $9 billion in cuts, including the elimination of all federal funds for National Public Radio and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We, the taxpayers, are one giant step closer toward ending the subsidization of biased outlets that hate us and America. Now, NPR and PBS aren’t going away, but they’ll have to survive like the rest of us in media. Sink or swim, guys. Since the Senate made tweaks during the debate/vote-a-rama stage, this bill now heads back to the House (via Politico):
Senate Republicans early Thursday greenlit President Donald Trump’s proposal to claw back billions in global health and public media funding, pushing past frustrations within the GOP conference about the White House’s transparency during the process.
The White House-requested spending cuts narrowly made it through the Senate in a 51-48 vote after GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine voted “no” alongside Democrats…
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/07/17/senate-passes-trumps-rescissions-package-n2660514
