Rep. Banks proposes bill to ban federal funds from going to NPR

Rep. Banks proposes bill to ban federal funds from going to NPR


Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana is pushing a measure that would prohibit federal funds from flowing to NPR.

“After the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used to support” National Public Radio, “including through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from such organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received by such station,” the proposal, dubbed the “Defund NPR Act,” states. The same would apply to “any successor organization” to NPR.

Katherine Maher, who includes “She/her” prounouns on her X profile, recently became NPR’s president and CEO.

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