The U.S. Senate will likely vote this week on President Donald Trump’s legislation that would claw back federal funding for public media, amid his administration’s attacks on the mainstream media and accusations of liberal bias. Georgia’s U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff says he’s working relentlessly to stop its passage.
The proposal eliminates $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) over the next two years, which distributes nearly all of those funds to local NPR and PBS television and radio stations. The House of Representatives narrowly approved the legislation on Thursday.
Ossoff tells WABE’s “Morning Edition” this week that he has spoken with several Republican senators privately, who represent communities in vast, rural areas. They say they are uncomfortable voting on the cuts to public media, but Ossoff “ultimately expects they will fold because they live in fear of the White House.”
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