House fails to eliminate NPR funding

Bad News: House Votes Down Proposal to Defund NPR..
This sucks… The House on Thursday voted to move forward on Legislation without voting on a proposal put forth by Republicans to defund NPR. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the next Majority Leader, said the vote demonstrates that Democrats “are still not ready to listen” following their sweeping Midterm Election losses. “News organizations are free to do, say and operate on their own terms, but that doesn’t mean that Taxpayers should be forced to fund them. Today’s vote ...

House fails to eliminate NPR funding
The Hill: The House on Thursday voted to move forward on Legislation without voting on a proposal put forth by Republicans to defund NPR. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the next Majority Leader, said the vote demonstrates that Democrats "are still not ready to listen" following their sweeping Midterm Election losses. […]The House voted 239-171 to move forward on a teleworking bill without taking up the stripping of NPR's funding. Republicans put the item on the floor through their YouCut prog...

House fails to eliminate NPR funding
Source: The Hill House fails to eliminate NPR funding By Jordan Fabian - 11/18/10 01:09 PM ET The House on Thursday voted to move forward on Legislation without voting on a proposal put forth by Republicans to defund NPR. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the next Majority Leader, said the vote demonstrates that Democrats "are still not ready to listen" following their sweeping Midterm Election losses. "News organizations are free to do, say and operate on their own terms, but that doesn’t mean that tax...

NPR Lives to Whine Another Day
As promised, House Republicans forced a vote today on a proposal that would eliminate Federal Funding for NPR, and as expected, it failed — 239 to 171. Interestingly, three Democrats supported the measure: Reps. John Adler (N.J.) and Gene Taylor (Miss.), who were defeated in the Midterms, and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz.), the Keith Olbermann beneficiary who barely squeaked by for Reelection. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R., Va.) said the vote demonstrates that Democrats “just ...

Move to Cut NPR Funding Defeated in House
House Democrats on Thursday shot down a G.O.P. attempt to roll back Federal Funding  to NPR, a move that many Republicans have called for since the  Public Radio network  fired the analyst Juan Williams last month. Republicans in the House tried to advance the defunding measure as part of their “YouCut” initiative, which allows the Public to vote on which Spending Cuts the G.O.P. should pursue. But their push was blocked, 239 to 171, with only three Democrats voting with a united...

GOP Fails to Kill NPR Funding
The Tea Party-driven Republican attempt to eliminate NPR’s funding has failed, and Eric Cantor is fuming. The House on Thursday voted to move forward on Legislation without voting on a proposal put forth by Republicans to defund NPR. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the next Majority Leader, said the vote demonstrates that Democrats “are still not ready to listen” following their sweeping Midterm Election losses. “News organizations are free to do, say and operate on their own t...

Move to Cut NPR Funding Blocked by House Democrats
An attempt by House Republicans to Cut Federal Funding to National Public Radio was blocked Thursday by Democrats. The defunding measure failed 239 to 171, with only three Democrats joining a united GOP faction, The New York Times reported. The push was part of the Republicans' "YouCut" initiative, which lets voters pick what Spending Cuts they would like to see debated on the House floor. Many Republicans called for an end to Government Funding of NPR after the network fired commentator Juan W...

Move to Cut NPR Funding Blocked by House Democrats
An attempt by House Republicans to Cut Federal Funding to National Public Radio was blocked Thursday by Democrats. The defunding measure failed 239 to 171, with only three Democrats joining a united GOP faction, The New York Times reported. The push was part of the Republicans' "YouCut" initiative, which lets voters pick what Spending Cuts they would like to see debated on the House floor. Many Republicans called for an end to Government Funding of NPR after the network fired commentator Juan W...

Standing up for NPR
By Michael J.W. Stickings Really, Eric Cantor? One of the messages voters sent in the Midterm Elections was that NPR should be defunded? Other than the fact that Federal Funding of NPR is relatively minuscule (barely a drop in the budgetary bucket), this is clearly a partisan move. Republicans don't like NPR, which is for the most part a News organization that aims at objectivity and mature discourse (and hence which doesn't simply regurgitate Republican talking points and narratives), and, of...

GOP Congress Tries to De-fund NPR
Give the “new” Republican House credit.  They just TRIED to Cut Public Funding to the liberal mouthpiece National Public Radio.  The Republicans TRIED and they failed.   As one of them said, it is clear the Democrats in the House are not heeding the will of the American people and the message of November. But this is what needs to happen.  Press the issues.  Get votes on the record.  Make the Democrats still standing take a stand on the issues....

Dead Air, Hot Air
As promised, House Republicans forced a vote to eliminate Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides a whole 2% of NPR's money. As expected, the vote failed miserably. House Democrats on Thursday shot down a G.O.P. attempt to roll back Federal Funding to NPR, a move that many Republicans have called for since the Public Radio network fired the analyst Juan Williams last month. Republicans in the House tried to advance the defunding measure as part of their “YouCut&...

Republicans, Democrats spar over Twitter
First it was Gibbs and Boehner, now Dayspring and Hoffine. Brad Dayspring, the top spokesman for incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, and Brandi Hoffine, a Democratic National Committee spokesman, are going at it on Twitter over the GOP’s vote to cut funding for NPR. Hoffine, who has 882 followers, kicked it off by saying “Rs promised to create Jobs. Instead, 1st vote was for measure that would KILL Jobs. "AmericaSpeakingOutGOPNotListening” – a...

House GOP: No U.S. Funds for NPR
By Patrick O'Connor National Public Radio is in the crosshairs. House Republicans voted unanimously on Thursday to deny Federal funds for the Radio broadcaster. The measure, however, was defeated, 239-171 as Democrats opposed it. But when Republicans reclaim the majority next year, NPR won’t have such support. The measure was offered as a procedural motion on the floor. It was the 13th vote on a measure proposed under, a website established by Republican Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia to so...

Republican effort to defund NPR fails
Stumble This! Republicans failed to start the ball rolling on Legislation to defund NPR Thursday, after Democrats in the Lame-duck House widely voted against the measure. Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) had introduced a motion to include the defunding of NPR in a bill meant to make it easier for Federal employees to telecommute. The House voted against the measure by a vote of 239 to 171, but passed the teleworking bill. The Hill reports that Cantor, the soon-to-be House majori...

YouCut: Democrats Still Refuse to Cut Spending
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) released the following statement after the latest YouCut proposal, one that would terminate Taxpayer funding of NPR, was defeated by a vote of 239 to 171, with only three Democrats joining a unanimous Republican Conference. “Barely two weeks after an historic election, House Democrats demonstrated today that they are still not ready to listen. News organizations are free to do, say and operate on their own terms, but that do...

Unemployment extension fails to pass in U.S. House
A bill to extend Unemployment Benefits through February 28, 2011, did not pass the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday afternoon, as the current authorization ends on November 30. The bill did get a Majority of votes, 258-154, but under a suspension of the rules that is generally used to pass non-controversial bills, the bill needed a two-thirds majority. The bill would have cost $12.5 billion; the last extension passed in July for six months after numerous procedural tactics by Republic...

House Rejects Unemployment-Extension Bill - WSJ.com
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NPR Derangement Syndrome - The Daily Dish
It's perfectly defensible to have a principled opposition to Federal Funding for journalism. But this is absurd: House Republicans announced today that they will force a floor vote to eliminate Taxpayer-funded support for NPR in response to the firing of Juan Williams. A proposal to defund NPR was the winner in the GOP’s weekly “YouCut” contest, in which the public votes online for various Spending Cuts — GOP leaders have pledged to force votes on the winning items (so far near...

The GOP's Fiscal Fraudulence, Ctd - The Daily Dish
We mentioned this earlier with respect to NPR, but go check out the other Spending Cuts Eric Cantor's little site YouCut.com has managed to find, with the help of visitors and supporters. The total amount saved so far? $130 billion. Not nearly enough even to pay for extending the sunset for Bush's Tax Cuts, which come in at $700 billion. And not even in the ball park of $4 Trillion or so that we need to find before 2020. But they have their priorities straight: the top featured two Cut...

House G.O.P. Plans To Force NPR Defunding Vote
What do you think? Add your comment below. Congressional Republicans named NPR as the latest target of their weekly "YouCut" online public poll of Spending items they want to see eliminated from the Federal Budget. THE HILL reports that under the "YouCut" plan, the House Republicans promise to force a vote on the proposed Spending Cut on the floor of Congress. Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) said in a statement, "When NPR executives made the decision to ...

Barton and Burgess suggest NPR may use federal funds to promote agenda and silence other views (Daily Caller)
Texas Republican Reps. Joe Barton and Michael Burgess sent a letter Thursday requesting that the Government Accountability Office investigate whether National Public Radio, which receives federal funds, is using government money to generate content of a specific ideological bent. The letter, sent on Thursday to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, cites the October 20 firing of Juan Williams from NPR for comments he made on Fox News’ “O’Reilly Factor.” “Our concern is...

Last Call
NPR Nazis? According to Roger Ailes of Fox News, that is what they are. For your enjoyment, I have included the soon to be infamous quote below: "They are, of course, Nazis," Ailes told the Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz. "They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the Left Wing of Nazism. These guys don't want any other point of view. They don't even feel guilty using Tax Dollars to spout their Propaganda. They are basically Air America with government Funding to keep them alive." CBS News is quic...

GOP attempt to defund NPR fails
House Republicans failed in their attempt to force a vote on defunding NPR today in what was the first GOP-led House vote since the Midterms, the Huffington Post reports. The proposal was the this week’s winner of the GOP’s YouCut site, which lets the Public select which cuts they would like to see receive an up-or-down vote on the House floor. To do so, Amanda Terkel explains, they try to make a procedural vote on an unrelated piece of Legislation the vote on the YouCut item. Demo...

Republican Push To Defund NPR Fails (VIDEO)
With additional reporting by Ryan Grim. WASHINGTON -- The Republican campaign to take away all Federal Funding from National Public Radio (NPR) was over before it began, with GOP lawmakers' procedural trick to force a vote on the issue failing on Thursday. It was the first GOP-ordered House vote since the election. The proposal to defund NPR was the latest winning item on the Republicans' gimmicky YouCut site, which allows the Public to pick the cuts they would like to see receive an up-or-do...

House GOP blocks bill to extend jobless benefits
WASHINGTON — House Republicans voted Thursday to deny an extension of Unemployment Benefits for jobless Americans and tried to Cut off Public Funding for National Public Radio, moves that reinforced the GOP's direction as their influence expands in Washington after Midterm Election gains. The votes were not necessarily new tactics, as Republicans generally have opposed extending Unemployment Insurance unless it is paid for with Federal Spending Cuts, and have vowed to take weekly votes t...