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House rescinds cut in Public Broadcasting Sesame Street and other children's programming will continue on local PBS stations Courtesy
of the Associated Press Big Bird and National Public Radio won a reprieve Thursday as the House restored $100 million that had been proposed as a budget cut for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The Public Broadcasting Service undertook a high-profile campaign to rescind the proposed cut. Lawmakers were flooded with letters and phone calls. The vote came as the House worked on a $142.5 billion spending bill for health, education and labor programs for the budget year beginning Oct. 1. The Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee had cut $100 million from $400 million in previously enacted support. The committee also eliminated subsidies for educational programs and technological upgrades.
Republicans who favored the cuts said federal subsidies provide only about 15 percent of the public broadcasting budget. "Big Bird and his friends can fly on their own," said Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla. PBS still might end up with less money than in its current budget. The legislation would eliminate a $23 million for the Ready to Learn program, which subsidizes children's educational programming and distributes learning materials. Public broadcasting advocates say $82 million is set to be cut for satellite upgrades and a program to help public TV stations switch to digital technology. Opponents of the cut said public broadcasting provides programming not available elsewhere. "Do we want to live in a society where pop culture dictates all that is offered on the airwaves?" asked Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y.
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CPB
was set up by Congress in 1967 to shield public broadcasting from
political influence. It distributes federal subsidies to PBS, NPR
and hundreds of public radio and television stations.
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