Is this part of the overall appropriations bill? I don’t think so. If not, it is a purely symbolic vote. If it is not part of the overall bill, the party poobahs are not serious about defunding NPR.
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.