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House Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill Threatens CPB Funding
July 18, 2012
Yesterday, a House panel voted 8-6 to pass to the full Appropriations Committee proposed legislation that would cut $6.3 billion from current spending levels, and includes zeroing out CPB in fiscal 2015. Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Washington) spoke out during the packed meeting on Capitol Hill against the 40-some policy riders that had been placed on the bill, which included language banning public radio stations from using federal funds for NPR dues or programming.
