RENEE MONTAGNE, host: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News.  I'm Renee Montagne.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: The long-term outlook for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting      brightened last night, but even as the House Appropriations Committee      endorsed long-term federal funding for the CPB, it didn't offer any help      in the short term.  From the Capitol, NPR's Peter Overby explains.</s>PETER OVERBY reporting: The vote moved the committee toward a continued commitment to support      public broadcasting, but there may be less here than meets the eye.      That's because the committee voted to give CPB $400 million in 2008,      three years from now. While it overrides a subcommittee vote last week to      cut off federal funding in '08, the 400 million doesn't count in the      current budget, so it was a painless vote.  If the committee had tried to      restore the 100 million-plus dollars that the subcommittee cut from next      year's CPB budget, it would have had to take the money out of something      else; this in a huge spending bill that already eliminates 49 other      government programs.  They didn't even consider making such a choice.      The measure now goes to the House floor and next to the Senate.</s>PETER OVERBY reporting: Peter Overby, NPR News, the Capitol.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a tightly drawn budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Part of the budget entails trimming funds now but spending more in 2008.