House Votes to Defund NPR

NRO ^ | 3/17/11 | Daniel Foster

[xtinct]

The House just voted 236-181 to remove federal funding for National Public Radio via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

[GOPJ]

Bravo Zulu to all of those Republicans, especially my own congressman, Doug Lamborn, who co-sponsored the bill.

Lamborn. Good name to remember... Thanks for sharing.

[kgrif_Salinas]

Great, I hope they stick to their guns and defund this Left Wing propaganda organization. If it is so great, let private donations and sponsors support it.

LOL LOL LOL

[GSWarrior]

Good. NPR will survive just fine without government/taxpayer support. Ideology should be irrelevant here.

[Dengar01]

Then WTF was the vote that I read it said the "Defunding of NPR"? Did they have a second vote and then the RINOS changed their mind? Usually that website is very reliable, I literally was on it everyday when I interned for Congress. Can you link me your website so that I have a more accurate means of gathering this info. I like to know which RINOS side with the scumocratas.

Thank you for the correction and please let me know the website!

[buccaneer81]

I was on House.gov.

You pulled your info from Roll Call vote 190, Agreeing to the Resolution at 10:57 AM.

The thread was posted on FR at about noon

The final vote for Passage was Roll Call 192 at 3:24 PM.

Vote results usually take at least 20 minutes to show up on the House website.

[Dengar01]

Stupid that I didn't notice that because I saw the Roll Call Vote that failed that the dems put forward. I guess I missed it.

Why would the RINOS agree with it to oppose it??? Fool me once I guess???

[buccaneer81]

I called Tiberi’s office, and the aide sounded pretty shaky; said he hadn’t had a chance to find out why, but I could tell, I wasn’t the first (or angriest) call he had gotten on that vote. Tiberi’s district might have three NPR listeners. He was a fool for voting no.

[Track9]

Exactly right. It’s just for show to get the heat off them. Never getting past the Body’s desk.

[boop]

At least they’re TRYING in the House. The senate and his majesty will veto it, but who cares?

[Ulysse]

ping

[firebrand]

It is symbolic. I think I heard someone on TV say that only one percent of NPR’s budget comes from the feds. Ten percent of CPB’s budget comes from the feds, so that would have been more meaningful, if also symbolic.

[RasterMaster]

When the senate refuses to pass, the house should stick defunding NPR in EVERY bill (as well as anything else Harry gReid doesn’t like).

[Teacher317]

Why did they waste any time at all on this, knowing it will go nowhere. This isn't even a moral victory

I'd call it a trial balloon. If they get enough positive reaction to this, it can start putting pressure on the Senate Dems (who are certainly worried about the next election... they just watched tons of their buddies get ousted, and their only saving grace was that they were not up for election at the time... but now they are!).

If it gets good reaction, and the Senate takes a black eye for not letting it pass (although the MSM will do their best to cover, of course), they'll try it again, and next time possible even include the entire CPB funding. It's a first step. Let's encourage the infant GOP majority to take some more.