It’s an election year for all members of the U.S. House, but Rep. Virginia Foxx predicts a productive 2016.
Foxx, R-5, will be involved in primary and general election competitions in 2016, but expects an on-time budget, a more thorough budget process and more examples of what Republican leadership can produce when in control of the U.S. Senate and House. She spoke this week about her… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of the bipartisan “omnibus” spending bill to appropriate funds for the federal government. The House passed the legislation by a vote of 316-113.
“As a legislator, I am often responsible for making a decision on the legislation before me rather than the legislation I’d like to see,” said Foxx. “While an omnibus spending bill… Read more »
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives today passed bipartisan legislation that includes language by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., to correct a technical limitation preventing the rollover of tax-deferred retirement funds into existing SIMPLE IRA accounts.
The language is part of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act, which provides permanent tax relief for American families,… Read more »
The four Republican congressional representatives who serve the greater High Point area voted against a federal budget deal but supported new House speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in a pair of key votes this week.
Democratic Rep. Alma Adams took an opposite stance. She voted for the budget deal meant to avoid the possibility of a federal government shutdown and confrontation over raising… Read more »
Federal debt formed a partisan divide among Rowan County’s U.S. House members this week during a budget vote.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a federal budget by a 266-167 vote. It got the support of Rep. Alma Adams, D-12. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5, voted to oppose the spending measure. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8, was one of two members of the U.S. House who missed… Read more »
Votes cast by U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis of North Carolina show that they do not agree with each other on the two-year budget deal that supporters say spares the United States from a default crisis and opponents say opens the door wider to unchecked spending.
The U.S. Senate voted 64-35 early Friday to approve the budget deal.
Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, voted… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, is more in line with former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas on the subject of federal income taxes than any of the other Republican presidential candidates who participated in the CNBC-moderated debate Wednesday.
As it turns out, Huckabee walks alone among his GOP rivals, though his income-tax proposal reflects a similar proposal co-sponsored by 72… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement regarding her vote against the federal budget agreement that would suspend the debt ceiling through March 2017:
“Every time the federal government approaches its debt limit, like clockwork, liberal politicians – from the White House down – begin threatening ‘default’ unless the government is able to… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would dismantle President Obama’s deeply flawed health care law and temporarily cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood.
“The so-called Affordable Care Act has proved to be anything but affordable for North Carolinians, who have faced some of the largest premium increases in the country,” said Foxx.… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., has introduced no-cost, bipartisan legislation to correct a technical limitation preventing the rollover of tax-deferred retirement funds into existing SIMPLE IRA accounts.
“This legislation will simplify retirement planning and ensure a complex tax code does not prevent sensible financial planning decisions,” said Foxx. “Individuals should be… Read more »
