Raises taxes during an economic downturn: Proposes hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes at the worst possible time, while the economy is already weakened, unemployment is on the rise, and families are struggling to make ends meet.
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today voted in opposition to a massive spending bill (H.R. 1105) that once again increases federal government spending at a time of record budget deficits. H.R. 1105, which completes the fundi
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) released the following statement today in response to President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress:
"Today America faces immense economic challenges and together we must take
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) released the following statement today after the passage of the ‘stimulus' package:
"America faces great economic challenges and Congress must take decisive action to stem this economic t
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today joined Members of Congress and Americans for Prosperity to present more than 425,000 petition signatures to Congress, including 11,086 from North Carolina, in opposition to runaway governm
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) has co-sponsored legislation that will suspend income taxes on unemployment benefits paid to jobless workers. The IRS currently considers unemployment benefits to be "income" and levies normal
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today made the following statement on the House floor after the Senate passed its version of the stimulus. Foxx called on the Democratic majority (watch video) to allow House Republicans to bri
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today announced the launch of http://republicanwhip.house.gov/jobs, a new website that outlines the House Republican Economic Recovery Plan. The website details the smarter, simpler stimulus pla
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"The economic challenges facing our country today are great. Americans expect Congress to take seriously the need to get the unemployed back to work and to help small businesses, the engine of our economy, create most of those jobs. Doing the right thin
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On the heels of the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Timothy Geithner as the new United States Treasury Secretary, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx released the following statement questioning whether Geithner's confirmation was good
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