President Barack Obama will meet with a delegation of 18 Republicans at the White House Thursday, in what will be the most significant meeting between the two parties in the ongoing debates on funding the government and raising the nation's debt ceiling.
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House Rules Committee House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, holds the chair for Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., as the panel meets at the Capitol, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, in Washington, to hear amendments to the continuing appropriations resolution to fund the government and avoid a possible shutdown. At right is Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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“Unfortunately, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are trying to put the blame on us for saying that we’re here because we’re fighting what we see as a failed policy. The American people see it as a failed policy also. The majority of the American people are opposed to what we have come to call ObamaCare. It was not passed by bipartisan vote”, said a clearly perturbed Rep. Virginia Foxx.
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Republicans in the House of Representatives blasted President Barack Obama Saturday for negotiating with Iran and Russia over Tehran's nuclear ambitions and Syria's chemical weapons stash but not with them over avoiding a potential federal government shutdown.
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The Senate on Friday approved a government funding bill to keep the federal government open, and now the fiscal fight heads back to the House.
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On the twelfth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the House Higher Education Subcommittee held hearings to look at how to best manage some of the problems new veterans have transitioning from military to civilian life. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the chair of the subcommittee, summed up the situation saying, “As more troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan, post-secondary institutions now face the largest influx of student veterans on campus since World War II.”
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx recently toured Corinthian’s Everest College campus in Santa Ana, California to learn more about its programs, students, faculty and facilities. Rep. Foxx is serving her fifth term as the Representative of North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the chair of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education.
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On the day that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces significant choice and lower than expected premiums in the new Health Insurance Marketplace in North Carolina, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx offers a rebuttal.
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued a statement upon the House of Representatives’ passage of a Continuing Resolution (H.J. Res 59) to fund the government:
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U.S. Reps. Richard Hudson (NC-08) and Virginia Foxx (NC-05) helped a Republican majority House pass a provision to defund the Affordable Care Act on Friday.
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