The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shuttering. PBS and NPR have lost some funding. Not everyone who voted for the rescissions package is happy about it. Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, the children’s programming on PBS is more popular than your party — so if you’re a politician in search of a popular cause with little to no downside, why not glom on to one of the most beloved PBS characters and reinstate funding under the Daniel Tiger Act?

Inspired by Sen. Josh Hawley’s Protect Medicaid and Rural Hospitals Act , something he introduced after voting for the “big, beautiful bill,” this could work for any congressperson, regardless of how they voted on the rescissions package that clawed back billions of dollars from foreign aid and public media.

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