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  "generatedAt": "2026-05-07T03:24:28.884Z",
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  "title": "Appropriations Member Voted to Bypass Her Own Committee While Misstating Impact on Her District Primary Educational Broadcaster",
  "summary": "Rep. Stephanie Bice (OK-05) provided a mathematically necessary vote for H.R. 4 (Rescissions Act of 2025), which passed the House 214-212 on June 12, 2025. The bill rescinded $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In her official press release, Bice claimed the cut only targeted 1% of federal dollars. However, OETA confirmed that CPB funding accounted for 11% of its annual budget (approximately $1.6-1.7 million).",
  "methodology": "This finding was identified through systematic investigation of 5 entities. Evidence was classified as \"notable\" severity based on source verification tier (secondary_reference, local_journalism, local_journalism, government_record, organization_record, news_reporting, news_reporting, news_reporting, organization_record). The finding was reviewed under editorial status \"published\".",
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      "label": "News9: Congress takes back billions from public broadcasting",
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    {
      "url": "https://www.newson6.com/story/68635547917e63d93373c615/oklahoma-public-broadcasters-concerned-about-impact-of-federal-cuts",
      "label": "Newson6: Oklahoma Public Broadcasters concerned",
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      "url": "https://oksenate.gov/sites/default/files/agencies_documents/FY19_OETA_BPR_FINAL.pdf",
      "label": "Oklahoma Senate Records: OETA Budget",
      "type": "primary"
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      "url": "https://www.oeta.tv/blogs/media/why-cpb-funding-matters-strengthening-oeta-through-a-nationallocal-partnership/",
      "label": "OETA: Why CPB Funding Matters",
      "type": "primary"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/g-s1-78150/unprecedented-rescission-bill-defunds-public-media",
      "label": "NPR: Unprecedented Rescission Bill",
      "type": "primary"
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      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/06/house-gop-clears-measure-claw-back-billions-foreign-assistance-and-public-media-programs/406038/",
      "label": "Government Executive: House GOP clears measure",
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    {
      "url": "https://rollcall.com/2025/06/12/first-gop-rescissions-package-narrowly-passes-the-house/",
      "label": "Roll Call: First GOP rescissions package passes",
      "type": "primary"
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      "url": "https://www.naco.org/news/us-house-passes-rescissions-package",
      "label": "NACo: U.S. House passes rescissions package",
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    "id": "18",
    "title": "Appropriations Member Voted to Bypass Her Own Committee While Misstating Impact on Her District Primary Educational Broadcaster",
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    "description": "Rep. Stephanie Bice (OK-05) provided a mathematically necessary vote for H.R. 4 (Rescissions Act of 2025), which passed the House 214-212 on June 12, 2025. The bill rescinded $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In her official press release, Bice claimed the cut only targeted 1% of federal dollars. However, OETA confirmed that CPB funding accounted for 11% of its annual budget (approximately $1.6-1.7 million).",
    "severity": "notable",
    "evidenceSummary": "H.R. 4 passed 214-212 on June 12, 2025. Four GOP NAY votes: Amodei, Fitzpatrick, Malliotakis, Turner. CPB $1.1 billion rescission confirmed. OETA 11% CPB dependency confirmed by News9 Oklahoma. Alternative sourcing: Newson6 reported 15% per OETA Board President.",
    "publicInterest": "A sitting Appropriations Committee member voted to bypass her own committee budgetary authority while publicly misstating the financial impact on her district primary educational broadcaster by a factor of 11x.",
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        "label": "NPR: Unprecedented Rescission Bill"
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        "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/06/house-gop-clears-measure-claw-back-billions-foreign-assistance-and-public-media-programs/406038/",
        "label": "Government Executive: House GOP clears measure"
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    "Retrieve finding #18 from the findings table and confirm title, description, and severity match this bundle.",
    "Visit source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescissions_Act_of_2025 — confirm the claim described in the evidence summary.",
    "Visit source: https://www.news9.com/story/687b18d6211f21436727853a/congress-takes-back-billions-from-public-broadcasting-oklahoma-stations-react — confirm the claim described in the evidence summary.",
    "Visit source: https://www.newson6.com/story/68635547917e63d93373c615/oklahoma-public-broadcasters-concerned-about-impact-of-federal-cuts — confirm the claim described in the evidence summary.",
    "Visit source: https://oksenate.gov/sites/default/files/agencies_documents/FY19_OETA_BPR_FINAL.pdf — confirm the claim described in the evidence summary.",
    "Visit source: https://www.oeta.tv/blogs/media/why-cpb-funding-matters-strengthening-oeta-through-a-nationallocal-partnership/ — confirm the claim described in the evidence summary.",
    "Visit source: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/g-s1-78150/unprecedented-rescission-bill-defunds-public-media — confirm the claim described in the evidence summary.",
    "Visit source: https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/06/house-gop-clears-measure-claw-back-billions-foreign-assistance-and-public-media-programs/406038/ — confirm the claim described in the evidence summary.",
    "Visit source: https://rollcall.com/2025/06/12/first-gop-rescissions-package-narrowly-passes-the-house/ — confirm the claim described in the evidence summary.",
    "Visit source: https://www.naco.org/news/us-house-passes-rescissions-package — confirm the claim described in the evidence summary.",
    "Cross-reference involved entities (Stephanie Bice, OETA (Oklahoma Educational Television Authority), Corporation for Public Broadcasting, House Appropriations Committee, House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization) in the entities table.",
    "Verify the SHA-256 content hash by re-generating the JSON bundle and hashing it."
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