NEW : The House votes to bar federal funding for National Public Radio . A new bill would prohibit the Corporation For Public Broadcasting from using any of its funds or assets in support of NPR and other public radio stations that are not owned by a government entity. While the measure was expected to pass the GOP-controlled House , it is believed to have little chance of clearing the Democratic-controlled Senate . The House voted earlier to cut $ 50 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting , which supports NPR . Past efforts to refund the CPB and NPR have failed .
NEW : The House votes to bar federal funding for National Public Radio . A new bill would prohibit the Corporation For Public Broadcasting from using any of its funds or assets in support of NPR and other public radio stations that are not owned by a government entity. The House voted earlier to cut $ 50 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting , which supports NPR . Past efforts to refund the CPB and NPR have failed .