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A new New Deal is not the solution

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"We are spending more [money] than we have ever spent before and it does not work. I want to see this country prosperous. I want to see people get a job. We have never made good on our promises. I say after eight years of this administration we have just

Some states used SCHIP money for adults, not kids, Foxx says

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Each week that Congress is in session, Washington correspondent Sean Mussenden will sit down with a different member of the North Carolina delegation for an in-depth interview on issues of importance. Q. Why did you join most Republicans in voting agai

Foxx takes stock of new climate in D.C.

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As Congresswoman Virginia Foxx begins her third term in office, she stopped by the R&L to talk about the bailout bill, the inauguration, the new president and some other issues.

House sides with Foxx on symbolic bailout vote

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Surry County's representative in Congress led the charge Thursday for a largely symbolic House vote not to fund the second half of a $700 billion financial bailout. The chamber voted 270-155 in favor of legislation sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-

Foxx appointed to rules committee

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Rep. Virginia Foxx, Fifth District N.C., was appointed earlier this week to serve on the House Committee on Rules. The committee is the one that determines what legislation comes to the House floor for a vote and under what circumstances that legislatio

Foxx fights bailout

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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-5) introduced legislation to deny authorization of the second half of the $700 billion federal government bailout, saying it has not proven effective in helping the economy.

Bailing out of the Bailout

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Last week reports surfaced that confirmed what some of us knew and many suspected: the federal government was spending hundred of billions in taxpayer money on a bailout that has no oversight.

Foxx seeks ‘superior alternatives to bailout plan

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With legislators in Washington regrouping today after taking Tuesday off for a Jewish holiday, Surry County's congressional representative is seeking "superior alternatives" to a bailout plan she voted against Monday.

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