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South Dakota U.S. Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds and Rep. Dusty Johnson voted to cut $1.1 billion in federal funding to public broadcasting.
South Dakota Public Broadcasting expects to lose $2.2 million 23% of its budget. That will result in cuts to programming and 15-20 positions lost, SDPB said.
During a telephone town hall on July 24, Johnson praised the states public broadcasting network but defended the cuts due to the deficit.
I do think when you have $37 trillion in debt, you’ve got to get back to basics, Johnson said. Unfortunately, that was the place for the White House to try to start.
Rounds cited the need to take meaningful steps to reduce wasteful spending, but he negotiated a deal with President Trumps administration that would secure $9.1 million forNative American radio stations.
Thune said the vote was a small but important step toward fiscal sanity.
This fact brief responds to conversations such asthis one.
Sources
- House Clerks Office,Recissions Act roll call
- United States Senate,Recissions Act roll call
- Dakota News Now,SDPB expects a 23% hit to budget with cuts to public broadcasting
- The Dakota Scout,Rep. Johnson praises SDPB but defends overall budget cuts
- TheHill.com,Rounds, GOP holdout, says hell back Trumps funding cuts package
- FoxNews.com,Trump signs $9B rescissions package into law, revoking funding for foreign aid, NPR
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