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The Senate is expected to begin debate this morning on a bill to take back billions of dollars of previously allocated federal funding.
This includes over a billion dollars for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
which provides money to NPR and PBS.
Nearly eight billion dollars earmarked for foreign aid programs is also on the line.
NPR's Scott Newman has more.
Well, the clock is ticking.
The Senate debate is expected to begin this morning.
followed by a vote.
If it passes,
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will lose the funding that Congress appropriated for it for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
If the bill fails, the government is required to release the funds.
Congress faces a midnight Friday deadline.