The U.S. House of Representatives last week rejected President Bush’s plan to eliminate a $420 million federal subsidy for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-CO, attempted to kill CPB’s subsidies — about 15 percent of its budget.
The House voted to keep the funding, with a vote of 357-72.
The House this week rejected by a large margin President Bush’s plan to eliminate the $420 million federal subsidy for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
More than $29 million has been earmarked for the digital television conversion.
The House of Representatives has restored $100 million to the budget of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. But money for the transition to digital is still lacking
The House Appropriations subcommittee voted to reduce the financing of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, from $400 million to $300 million
A House Appropriations panel has recommended major cuts to federal funding for public broadcasting, totaling 46 percent for television and radio. John Lawson, CEO, Association of Public Television Stations, called the proposed actions a direct attack on public television and radio. Funding cuts include the digital
Public broadcasters applauded a June 25 endorsement by a Senate panel of $400 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for Fiscal Year 2006. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education also recommended another $55 million in new money to specifically target the d
For 2009, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would get $40 million for the digital television transition alone.
A week after the U.S. House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee made its recommendation for public broadcasting funding, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee did the same.
