WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted 51-48 to withdraw earlier-approved funding from foreign aid and from public broadcasting. President Trump had proposed the claw-backs as part of his retreat of a U.S. global presence and his distaste for an independent domestic news media. The bill strips away $8 billion in foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. Only two Republicans opposed the cuts: Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. The proposal goes to the U.S. House. How the Minnesota and Wisconsin delegations voted:
To cut aid, PBS funding
Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin
Not voting
Tina Smith, D-Minnesota
Against
Tammy Baldwin, D-Wiscosin
Amy Klobuchar, D-Mknesota
Minnesota PBS affiliates
KWCM, Appleton
KSMQ, Austin
KAWE, Bemidji
KAWB, Brainerd
KCGE, Crookston
WDDE, Duluth
WRPT, Hibbing
KTCA, KTCI, Minneapolis-St. Paul
KSMN, Worthington
Minnesota NPR affiliates
KNCM, Appleton; KNSE, Austin; KRSU, KNBJ, KCRB, Bemidji; KBPN, KBPR, Brainerd; WSCN, Cloquet-Duluth; KCCD, Moorhead; KZIO, Two Harbors. Duluth; WIRC, Ely; KCCD, KCCM, Moorhead; KNWF, KCMF, Fergus Falls; WLSN, WMLS, Grand Marais; KGRP, Grand Rapids; WGGL, WGRH, Hinkley; KITF, International Falls; KXLC, LaCrescent; KNGA, KGAC, Mankato-St. Peter; KKNW, KSJN. Minneapolis-St. Paul; KCMP, Northfield; KRFI, Redwood Falls; KLSE, KZSE, KMSE, Rochester; KNSR, KSJR, St. Cloud-Collegeville; KWRV, Sun Valley; KNTN, KQMN, Thief River Falls; WIRN, WIRR, Virgina-Hibbing; KRXW, Warroad-Roseau; KNSW, KRSW, Worthington-Mashall, Many stations have of these have delay transmitters for areas beyond the range of their over-air signals. Some NPR affiliates in border states also serve Minnesota listeners – Decorah, Fargo, Grand Forks, Hiughland, Menomonie, LaCrosse, Platteville, Sioux Falls, Superior.