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		<title>CPB report to Capitol Hill countering &#8220;continued and pervasive&#8221; opposition to federal funding</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/09/cpb-report-to-capitol-hill-countering-continued-and-pervasive-opposition-to-federal-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/09/cpb-report-to-capitol-hill-countering-continued-and-pervasive-opposition-to-federal-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[appropriations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPB&#8217;s financial analysis on alternative funding sources for public broadcasting, prepared by consultants at Booz &#38; Co.  and delivered to Congress in June, has had little impact on lawmakers&#8217; views about continuation of CPB&#8217;s annual federal appropriation to date, CPB &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/09/cpb-report-to-capitol-hill-countering-continued-and-pervasive-opposition-to-federal-funding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thicket of uncertainty for federal aid</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/08/thicket-of-uncertainty-for-federal-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/08/thicket-of-uncertainty-for-federal-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Everhart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPB appropriation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Earl Blumenauer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequestration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=18872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Public broadcasters face multiple and serious uncertainties on Capitol Hill over the next few months. A spending bill approved by the House subcommittee with oversight of CPB’s appropriation proposes to phase out CPB funding over the next three years; it &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/08/thicket-of-uncertainty-for-federal-aid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>APTS combats latest bids to defund CPB</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/05/apts-combats-latest-bids-to-defund-cpb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/05/apts-combats-latest-bids-to-defund-cpb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhys Heyden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quick Takes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal funding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://current.org/?p=17553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two of pubcasting’s chief critics on Capitol Hill have revived their bids to end CPB funding. Republican lawmakers Rep. Doug Lamborn (Colo.) and Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.) circulated letters last week asking colleagues to help them “permanently defund” CPB. They &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/05/apts-combats-latest-bids-to-defund-cpb/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Closing of news bureau leaves regrets, questions</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2011/12/closing-of-news-bureau-leaves-regrets-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2011/12/closing-of-news-bureau-leaves-regrets-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhys Heyden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radio programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitol News Connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melinda Wittstock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NewsIt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Postmortem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington bureau]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://current.org/?p=4830</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was no shortage of ideas for keeping Capitol News Connection afloat. CNC’s stock in trade was chasing down politicians for local legislators’ take on the day’s developments in Congress. Before it was shuttered in September, public radio’s little nonprofit &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2011/12/closing-of-news-bureau-leaves-regrets-questions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>House vote would axe CPB in 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2011/02/house-vote-would-axe-cpb-in-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2011/02/house-vote-would-axe-cpb-in-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal funding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://current.org/?p=15270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last time, in 2005, the emissary to Congress was Clifford the Big Red Dog. This time, it’s an aardvark named Arthur. Last time, lawmakers showed off boxes of 1 million petitions with signatures; now, the million signatures are digital. Back &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2011/02/house-vote-would-axe-cpb-in-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On to the White House</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1998/10/on-to-the-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1998/10/on-to-the-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 1998 21:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPB authorization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent production]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=28274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The House and Senate resolved last-minute differences over public broadcasting&#8217;s fiscal 1991-93 authorization bill and late last week passed the three-year, $800 million measure. The bill also makes a variety of other changes, including requiring the Corporation for Public Broadcasting &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1998/10/on-to-the-white-house/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>House leader demands a plan; Senate backs higher numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1995/04/house-leader-demands-a-plan-senate-backs-higher-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1995/04/house-leader-demands-a-plan-senate-backs-higher-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 1995 14:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Jack Fields]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=24421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having emerged from the first 100 days of the 104th Congress with most of its advance funding intact, public broadcasting is entering the most crucial stage in renegotiating its relationship with the lawmakers. Rep. Jack Fields (R-Tex.), chairman of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1995/04/house-leader-demands-a-plan-senate-backs-higher-numbers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s privatize Congress!</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1995/02/16483/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1995/02/16483/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 1995 12:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privatization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://current.org/?p=16483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to privatize Congress. The federal subsidy of this playground for the rich is bleeding American taxpayers and adding to the deficit. Not only does Congress cost more than $60 million annually in direct salaries, but its staff, perks &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1995/02/16483/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>House committee approves independent program service  for public TV</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1988/07/house-committee-approves-independent-program-service-for-public-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1988/07/house-committee-approves-independent-program-service-for-public-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 1988 08:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Television programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent producers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITVS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Telecommunications Act of 1988]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://currentlikenow.org/?p=950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday approved a public broadcasting funding bill that would create a separate program service for independent producers and establish a board to evaluate public broadcasting's programming for minorities. <a href="http://www.current.org/1988/07/house-committee-approves-independent-program-service-for-public-tv/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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