Republicans keep pressure on NPR and controversial CEO amid political bias scandal

Congressional Republicans are applying unit to both National Public Broadcasting (NPR) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) amid NPR's bias scandal. 

A bid of letters to some entities person been sent from some House and Senate Republicans, requesting enactment to guarantee NPR's integrity and code the allegations of ideological bias made by elder exertion Uri Berliner, who has since near the organization. 

The House Committee connected Energy and Commerce requested NPR CEO Katherine Maher to appear Wednesday for an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee proceeding connected the allegations. 

"The Committee has concerns astir the absorption successful which NPR whitethorn beryllium headed nether past and contiguous leadership," Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., wrote. 

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A radical of Republican senators sent a missive to Katherine Maher, urging her to close the ideological attack astatine NPR.  (Getty Images)

However, a spokesperson for NPR told Fox News Digital successful a connection that Maher would not beryllium joining the subcommittee to testify. She is consenting to attest connected a antithetic date, the spokesperson added. 

"NPR respects the committee and its petition and has offered to attest connected a day successful the adjacent aboriginal that works for the committee and Maher," the spokesperson said. "NPR has a antecedently scheduled and publically posted all-day gathering of its committee of directors connected that date, Maher’s archetypal specified gathering since she joined NPR conscionable six weeks ago. These meetings are scheduled much than a twelvemonth successful advance.

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The House Energy & Commerce Committee, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, left, is probing NPR and its CEO Katherine Maher, right. (Getty Images)

"Maher is truthful incapable to be this week’s proceeding and has communicated that to the committee and projected alternate dates. Maher volition supply written grounds successful her absence," the spokesperson continued. 

A spokesperson for the House Energy and Commerce committee told Fox News Digital Maher's prime not to attest connected Wednesday "speaks volumes."

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Cruz, ranking subordinate of the Senate Commerce committee, sent a missive to CPB seeking answers.  (Getty Images)

"The seat looks guardant to reviewing her thorough and transparent responses to the committee’s letter," the spokesperson said. 

A spokesperson for Senate Committee connected Commerce, Science, and Transportation Chairwoman Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., did not accidental whether she is acrophobic by the allegations made against NPR oregon if she would invitation Maher to attest successful the Senate. 

"The seat is focused connected getting a five-year reauthorization passed," the spokesperson said, referencing the FAA re-authorization measure that has a deadline of May 10. 

CPB has besides been the recipient of letters scrutinizing its assistance backing to NPR amid the scandal. Both Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rick Scott, R-Fla., person sent specified letters. 

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Rep. Bob Good introduced a measure to defund NPR. (Getty Images and Fox News Digital)

Asked by Fox News Digital for remark connected the letters and immoderate concerns the corp mightiness person implicit the revelations astatine NPR, CPB simply replied connected Tuesday it "has confirmed receipt of Senator Cruz’s missive and volition reply successful a timely manner."

The allegations of ideological bias successful NPR's newsroom person besides led to bills being discussed successful some chambers and introduced successful the House to chopped the organization's funding. 

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One specified effort by House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good, R-Va., would halt NPR from receiving national funding, portion besides preventing nationalist vigor stations with national grants from utilizing them to bargain contented from oregon wage dues to NPR.

Berliner's scathing effort addressing his concerns with his leader was published astir 1 period ago, connected April 9. Among different revelations, Berliner discovered that the NPR Washington, D.C., newsroom held zero Republicans, compared to 87 Democrats.