End the two-year advance funding that shields public broadcasting from oversight
What the document says“This special budgetary treatment is unjustified and should be ended.”
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting receives appropriations two years in advance, which the chapter says insulates it from Congress's power of the purse and from oversight. It notes a request for a $565 million advance appropriation, a $40 million increase on the previous year.
What the document actually says“This special budgetary treatment is unjustified and should be ended.”
This special money deal is not fair. It should end.
Most agencies get their money one year at a time. This one gets it two years ahead. The book says that shields it from Congress. It says the practice should end.
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