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A partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security was averted on Tuesday when the House of Representatives voted 257-167 to pass full funding for the rest of the fiscal year. It includes money for executive orders on immigration that President Barack Obama signed in recent years. Most Democrats and 75 Republicans, including Speaker John Boehner, voted for it. The Senate had… Read more »

Internet activists declared victory over the nation’s big cable companies Thursday, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to impose the toughest rules yet on broadband service to prevent companies like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T from creating paid fast lanes and slowing or blocking web traffic. The 3-2 vote ushered in a new era of government oversight for an industry… Read more »

Last October national pro-life groups met at the Capitol with House GOP leaders to present their priorities for the new Congress. The coalition meeting itself wasn’t unusual, but the timing was: It was the first time the leaders met with pro-life groups to discuss the next Congress before the election had taken place. It was also the first time the organizations came with a unified… Read more »

Virginia Foxx, who represents North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced legislation to stop the use of political “robocalls” across the United States. According to information released by Foxx’s office, she was joined by fellow Republican David Jolly, of Florida, in introducing House Resolution 827. “Every campaign season, like… Read more »

Libraries are the great equalizer — a point sharpened Saturday as U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx and N.C. Rep. Jonathan Jordan completed penciled in visits to the Appalachian Regional Library’s Ashe County branch. From the recent and archived copies of the Watauga Democrat to the books and programs that educate, inform and entertain a community — all at no cost and no barrier to entrance —… Read more »

Now that the Republicans control Congress, what are they doing about higher education? Time will tell, but in my judgment both Senate Education Committee leader Lamar Alexander and House Higher Education Subcommittee Chair Virginia Foxx are saying some sensible things. Both are former college presidents – Rep. Foxx at the community college level, and Sen. Alexander at the University of… Read more »

N.C. Rep. Jonathan Jordan and U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx along with other elected officials visited the Ashe County Public Library on Saturday afternoon to learn more about the programs it offers. For Foxx, this was her first time visiting the Ashe County Library since new renovations were made in 2009. While speaking with Ashe County Librarian Suzanne Moore, Foxx expressed the importance… Read more »

Fed up with getting those obnoxious and incessant political robocalls during election seasons? One congressional representative from the Piedmont understands your pain. But don’t bet the house on her bill passing, which would prohibit automated political calls from candidates and campaigns. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, recently introduced House Resolution 827, the Robo Calls Off… Read more »

With less than two weeks remaining in the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, House members from Western North Carolina voted to fully repeal the legislation aimed at reforming the American health-care system. Reps. Patrick McHenry, Mark Meadows and Virginia Foxx all cast votes in favor of H.R. 596, which would fully repeal President Barack Obama’s signature health… Read more »

The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx that would shed light on how federal policies impact the budgets of state and local governments and private sector employers. The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H.R. 50, passed the House by a vote of 250 to 173. Foxx has introduced this legislation in the past four… Read more »