Congress Archives - Protect My Public Media

FY 2019 Public Media Funding Signed Into Law

Last week, Congress approved a minibus appropriations bill that contained public media funding. The President signed the legislation into law on Friday, September 28, 2018. … Read More

Congress Moves Forward on Public Media Funding

Late last week, a select group of House and Senate lawmakers agreed to a spending package that includes funding for all of public media programs. … Read More

Resolve to Protect Public Media Funding

In 2017, we worked tirelessly – 436,000 messages were sent to Congress – and saved public media funding. This year, we must recommit to preserving … Read More

Congress Continues to Debate Public Media Funding

As 2017 comes to a close, the congressional funding debate for 2018 funding, including public media funding, will continue into the New Year. 2017 Successes … Read More

Congress Approves Public Media Funding Through December

Late last week, the House and Senate passed a short-term spending bill to keep the federal government, including public media, fully funded through the beginning … Read More

Congress Returns – Action on Public Media Funding

Congress is back, and both chambers will be debating federal funding for public media again. This week or next, the House of Representatives is expected … Read More

The Status of Federal Funding for Public Media

With recent news coverage of budgets and government spending packages, you may be wondering – what’s the current status of federal funding for public media? … Read More