President Trump on Tuesday formally called on Congress to cancel $1.1 billion in funding over the next two years that has been budgeted for public broadcasters like PBS and NPR.

The president’s rescission request — which asks Congress to cut funding it had already approved for public broadcasters — will need a majority of lawmakers in the House and the Senate in favor to become law.

Tuesday’s request is the latest step in President Trump’s push to defund public broadcasters. Last month, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the end of taxpayer subsidization of PBS and NPR, via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

“Unlike in 1967, when the CPB was established, today the media landscape is filled with abundant, diverse and innovative news options,” the order said .

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