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House Seeks to Defund CPB

This is an example of the kind of funding done by CPB that would be canceled if the house defunds CPB.

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More Alaska Public Stations Receive CPB Grants for EAS Boost - Radio Ink

Public radio stations KHNS and KRBD in Alaska have been awarded EAS grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Because the house hasn't finished its appropriations bills, it appears they will instead pass a continuing resolution to fund the government through December.

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House to take up new funding bill as some Republicans fear a 'galactically stupid' shutdown

Donald Trump pressured Republicans to pass a citizenship voting bill or shut down the government. This week, Speaker Mike Johnson will try to move forward without it.
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Some think it's not necessary for the house or congress to defund CPB. Apparently the president believes he can do it with something called "impoundment." That would be withholding federal funds that have already been appropriated by congress:

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Can he do that? How Trump could try to break the federal government

A look at how Trump can upend the federal government, including "deleting" agencies and ousting workers he sees as unloyal.
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CPB funding is done two years in advance in order to keep politics out of the appropriation. But if he impounds the funding, he can stop the 2025 appropriation from being delivered. Of course that sets up a huge constitutional fight over the power of congress. It would eliminate the need for lobbyists completely. Why lobby congress if they no longer have any control over federal funding? So this is likely to be the approach next year.
 
TheBigA said:
Some think it's not necessary for the house or congress to defund CPB. Apparently the president believes he can do it with something called "impoundment." That would be withholding federal funds that have already been appropriated by congress:

abcnews.go.com

Can he do that? How Trump could try to break the federal government

A look at how Trump can upend the federal government, including "deleting" agencies and ousting workers he sees as unloyal.
abcnews.go.com abcnews.go.com

CPB funding is done two years in advance in order to keep politics out of the appropriation. But if he impounds the funding, he can stop the 2025 appropriation from being delivered. Of course that sets up a huge constitutional fight over the power of congress. It would eliminate the need for lobbyists completely. Why lobby congress if they no longer have any control over federal funding? So this is likely to be the approach next year.
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Then again that would lead to state governments like Governors, State Legislatures and Courts demanding they get their cut in federal funding. Impounding will not go the way this group thinks it's going.
 
The GOP has been trying to Defund CPB for DECADES

Like Abortion, it's not a well kept secret

However UNLIKE Democratic-leaning Blue states, CPB has been preparing for the day in which this actually happens (In fact, it's been slowly wiening (sp?) it's way OFF the Government ON ITS OWN for about as long

This is not news :rolleyes:
 
JeeperOne said:
CPB has been preparing for the day in which this actually happens (In fact, it's been slowly wiening (sp?) it's way OFF the Government ON ITS OWN for about as long
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Hmmm. Take a look at the CPB financial statement for 2023. Almost all of its revenue is either from the federal appropriation or the Dept of Education:


The main purpose of CPB is to distribute the federal appropriation. If that goes away, there's not much purpose.
 
If CPB funding was cut back or eliminated it would decimate stations like mine, that despite what a lifeline we are to many, operate pretty lean already. We are the only local source of info for 1200 people, some who dont have or dont want internet. one old timer in my village doesnt have a computer, doesnt want one, doesnt have internet... doesnt have a smartphone, doesnt want one.. has a flip phone simply for communicating when he flies into the city
 
TheBigA said:
Some think it's not necessary for the house or congress to defund CPB. Apparently the president believes he can do it with something called "impoundment." That would be withholding federal funds that have already been appropriated by congress:
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Impoundment was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court after Richard Nixon attempted to use it in the 70's. I'm not sure what Trump's angle would be here in trying to use it again. Perhaps he feels the mix on the court has shifted to where they might reverse themselves. Overall government spending has sure gone off the rails since the Court started finding things like impoundment and a line item veto to be unconstitutional.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
Impoundment was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court after Richard Nixon attempted to use it in the 70's. I'm not sure what Trump's angle would be here in trying to use it again. Perhaps he feels the mix on the court has shifted to where they might reverse themselves. Overall government spending has sure gone off the rails since the Court started finding things like impoundment and a line item veto to be unconstitutional.
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President Musk is going to defund absolutely everything, Supreme Court or not, so he says
 
A commentary from the head of the National Association of Community Broadcasters about the possible defunding of CPB

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Why advocacy for CPB funding must include our smaller community-based stations

Defunding CPB would devastate smaller stations, particularly those reliant on critical systems like the Public Radio Satellite System.
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She says it very well. This isn't about NPR funding. It's about defunding of local radio.

Most people in congress who will vote on this likely have no idea of what she's talking about.
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
About anything
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That (ignorance) has always been my problem with the jury system, too. All too often, one or several seated on the "jury of one's peers" are not peers of the defendant at all. They're inferiors, too thick to fully understand the case and who often get the verdict wrong -- or cause mistrials by clinging to the wrong opinion in the face of evidence everyone else comprehends.
 
House has a new bill aimed at defunding NPR. Only one problem: Congress doesn't fund NPR. It funds CPB:

www.insideradio.com

Bill Recognizes Radio’s Role In Disasters But Aims To Cut NPR Funding.

Threats to public media funding have been growing louder, and now a bill has been introduced in Congress that would specifically prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio. The proposed
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Congress needs to focus on how this system works. CPB is supposed to keep politics out of public broadcasting. To do that, congress should be talking to CPB.

The federal government doesn’t provide any funding to NPR directly. Instead, it provides about $535 million per year to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which in turn distributes it to local public radio and TV stations. They then use some of that money to access the public media networks’ programming.
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Stations buy programming from lots of sources. NPR is one of them.
 
The House seems ready to pass another continuing resolution that would continue funding at current levels through September 30:

www.nbcnews.com

Speaker Mike Johnson unveils funding bill one week before potential shutdown

The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30. But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it’s unclear if Johnson can pass it with only Republicans.
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If it does what the speaker says, that would mean CPB funding would also continue through September, barring any separate legislation. There are two other bills aimed specifically at CPB, and Musk hasn't gotten to their building yet.

Technically CPB is advance-funded for all of 2025.
 
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New York state senator wants tax credit for pubmedia journalism jobs - Current

Democratic state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal (sponsored a bill to let pubcasters claim an existing tax credit for newspapers and broadcasters.
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A New York State Senator is proposing that pubic media that operate in New York State would get a tax credit if approved. This affects the local affiliates of NPR and PBS that operate in the State of New York like WYNC, WNET, WNED, WPBS-TV, WMHT-TV
A New York state senator has filed a bill to allow public television and radio stations to claim an existing tax credit for newspapers and broadcasters.

Democratic Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal sponsored the bill. A 2023 bill he also sponsored created a payroll tax credit for journalist compensation, with a limit on the credit of up to $12,500 of a journalist’s pay per quarter or $50,000 annually.

This year’s bill, which also includes “not-for-profit corporations,” adds that if a public media station doesn’t have tax for the credit to offset, the excess amount will be treated as a tax overpayment that can be credited or refunded.

Hoylman-Sigal also aims to get $8 million in additional funds for New York’s public radio stations included in the final budget, according to his office.
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