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Article: Public Broadcasting Targeted House; Panel Seeks to End CPB's Funding Within 2 Years
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- The Washington Post
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- June 10, 2005
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A House subcommittee voted yesterday to sharply reduce the
federal government's financial support for public broadcasting,
including eliminating taxpayer funds that help underwrite such
popular children's educational programs as "Sesame Street," "Reading
Rainbow," "Arthur" and "Postcards From Buster."
In addition, the subcommittee acted to eliminate within two years
all federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting --
which passes federal funds to public broadcasters -- starting with
a 25 percent reduction in CPB's budget for next year, from $400
million to $300 million.
In all, the cuts would represent the most drastic cutback of
public broadcasting since Congress created ...