Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar has introduced a bill that would provide long-term budget authority, rather than annual funding, for Radio Free Asia. It was created 14 years ago to broadcast news into nations including Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, North Korea, Tibet and Vietnam. The bill by Lugar, the top-ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, would allow for more broadcasts, and has co-sponsors including Minnesota Senator and former Air America radio host Al Franken. Lugar’s office says the bill “would promote the free dissemination of information in East Asia through the permanent authorization of Radio Free Asia (S.3104).” A number of foreign governments routinely jam RFA broadcasts.