PBS Kansas said its future is uncertain after the U.S. Senate passed a bill slashing federal funding for public broadcasting.

The Senate voted early Thursday to claw back $9 billion in federal funding for global aid programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, sending the package requested by President Trump to the House for a final vote.

The rescissions package is a request from Trump to Congress to immediately rescind funding on 22 items that lawmakers have previously approved. That is a tiny portion — 0.1% — of the annual federal budget. The bulk of the cuts are to foreign aid — $8.3 billion in cuts to current funding.

The rescissions bill to claw back funding approved for foreign aid, NPR and PBS is a top Trump priority, but some Senate Republicans have raised concerns about the cuts.

PBS, NPR, stations and viewers and other advocates are engaged in a last-minute lobbying effort this week as the Senate is poised to vote on a bill that will shape the future of public media. Donald Trump has requested that Congress rescind $1.

Republicans plan to strip $400 million in global AIDS program cuts from President Donald Trump's rescission package, as Sen. John Thune plows forward before funding holds expire.

"I would encourage PBS & NPR to focus more on how they managed to lose America’s trust. That is their problem, not Congress’s work to ensure good stewardship of taxpayer dollars," Carr says