(video) Dem Congressman attempts to ban federal spending on Fox News

Kerry Picket The Washington Times - March 17, 2011, 05:12PM

Rep. James McGovern, Massachusetts Democrat, argued that Fox News should not receive federal funding through ad campaigns from the federal government. His amendment to do so failed in committee. The bill to defund NPR passed the House 228 to 192 on Thursday afternoon.

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Kerry Picket

Kerry Picket is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times.

Picket covered the hill at other DC-based outlets including the Daily Caller and the Washington Examiner. Before that, she produced news for Robin Quivers of The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM, wrote entertainment news for MTV Radio, and worked as a production assistant at MTV.com.