Legislative Background on Public Broadcasting
Recent Action in Congress
For decades, a broad debate has taken place in Congress over the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) — a private, nonprofit organization created by Congress to contribute Federal funds to the financing of public radio and television. The debate became especially heated in the early months of 2011, as part of the budget negotiations to keep the Federal Government running through the last six months of Fiscal Year 2011. H.R. 1, the Continuing Resolution On February 19, by a vote of 235 to 189, the House passed H.R. 1, a continuing resolution to fund government programs through March 4. The…
