Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters about Senate Republicans

The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television — a major step toward winding down nearly six decades of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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