[tcrlaf]

“The senate has to pass it....and it won’t. And even if it did, the stain will veto it.”

All budgeting starts in the house. If the house doesn’t fund it, they don’t get it.

Have we all forgotten how basic civics classes work?

So, big deal, the Senate doesn’t pass it. NPR still gets NO MONEY anyway.

[tobyhill]

This is all for show. They could just stop funding it in the House and magic, NO MONEY FOR NPR.

[Logic n' Reason]

All budgeting starts in the house. If the house doesn’t fund it, they don’t get it.

Yes, most of us are aware of that. Has the house voted to defund the stain's healthcare law? No. Has the house voted to defund NPR? No.