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House Votes to Defund National Public Radio

The House of Representatives on Thursday voted 228-192 on a bill to defund National Public Radio, the vast public radio network whose leadership has been questioned after a series of executive decisions about programming, staffing and reporting bias.Seven Republicans broke with House leadership and voted against the package. One GOP member, Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, voted present.Click here to see how your representative voted .Though Republicans have been targeting NPR for months, in earnest after the firing last October of Fox News contributor Juan Williams, the charge to stop taxpayer cash from reaching NPR coffers was recently refueled by James O'Keefe. O'Keefe, the investigative reporter whose hidden camera expose led to the defunding of ACORN, recently captured on tape an ex-NPR executive calling Tea Party members gun-toting, racist, religious fanatics and saying the network doesn't really need federal money. Opponents of government spending for NPR said the O'Keefe video was t...

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  1. Billionaire Soros Pays for Additional Reporters for NPR Partner Initiative

    Juan Williams may be gone from National Public Radio's line-up of commentators, but billionaire liberal icon George Soros has donated $1.8 million to hire 100 new re...

  2. Should Taxpayers Fund NPR ?

    FNC political analyst Juan Williams on the political biases and taxpayer funding of National Public Radio .

  3. Groups Fight Republican Budget That Zeroes Out NPR Funding

    The head of National Public Radio on Monday warned House Republicans against zeroing out federal funding for public broadcasting, arguing that cutting off the annual...

  4. National Public Radio Intern Stabbed in DC

    They heard screams at 7th and I Street in Northwest D.C. What those working nearby heard was the aftermath of a stabbing at 9:30 a.m.The victim was a young woman on ...

  5. Republicans to Add NPR Funding to 'You Cut' Budget Slashing Contest

    Citing an evident threat to free speech following the firing of Juan Williams from National Public Radio, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor said Friday he's going to i...

  6. NPR's Meltdown Moment Leaves Network With Few Friends and Conservatives Fed Up With Public Broadcasting

    Those whom the gods seek to destroy, they first make National Public Radio executives. Euripides said that or if he didn't, he should have.That sentiment seems suffi...

  7. Taxpayers Provide More Than 25 Percent of NPR's Funding, Analyst Says

    As Republican lawmakers lead the charge to cut off public funding to National Public Radio, which has been under fire ever since it sacked Juan Williams last month, ...

  8. Corporation for Public Broadcasting grant to seed NPR reporting on race, ethnicity, culture

    National Public Radio, criticized in recent years for a lack of diversity of its staff and coverage, is using a $1.5 million grant from the Corporation for Public Br...

  9. This Is NPR -- And You Helped Pay For It

    National Public Radio's dismissal of Juan Williams is a powerful indictment of NPR's practices and corporate culture. Small wonder voices are once again calling for ...

  10. NPR Exec. Bashes Tea Party on Hidden Camera

    FNC contributor Juan Williams on the comments by NPR ’s Ron Schiller on a video taken by a hidden camera.

  11. The Tea Party Movement, Racism and the Lesson of the NPR Scandal

    At a time when it seems most rational people have moved on from false allegations that the tea party movement is steeped in racism, the accusation once again reared ...

  12. NPR Exec Caught on Tape Slamming Tea Party, Republicans

    NPR 'appalled' by undercover video

  1. Harvard's Nieman Foundation announces Class of '14

    The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has announced its 24-member class of 2014.The group includes reporters, editors, columnists and producers ...

  2. Radical Treatment Option Needed for Obama's Scandal Sickness

    "I'm not sure how many of those cases ... I have actually signed off on."-- Attorney General Eric Holder in a Tuesday interview with National Public Radio when asked...

  3. NPR Funding Under Fire After Williams Ouster

    News analyst Juan Williams' firing from National Public Radio for comments he made about being nervous when flying alongside devout Muslims has sparked a public outc...

  4. NPR Fires Juan Williams After O'Reilly Appearance

    Fox News has re-signed Juan Williams to an expanded role with the network in a multi-year deal, Roger Ailes, chairman and chief executive officer of Fox News, announ...

  5. Juan Williams: My Thoughts on the NPR Situation

    Political correctness, character assassination and intolerance at National Public Radio

  6. Who Really Pays for NPR ?

    National Public Radio claims only 1-2 percent of its funding comes from taxpayers, but is it much higher?

  7. NPR fires news analyst after remarks about Muslims

    Longtime news analyst Juan Williams, who has written extensively on race and civil rights, has been fired by National Public Radio after comments he made about Musli...

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