Republicans pushed legislation through the House Thursday that would revoke a District of Columbia law barring discrimination in the city against workers who have abortions, the latest clash pitting claims of religious freedom against reproductive rights.
House passage was largely symbolic because the capital city's law takes effect Saturday unless Congress first approves legislation… Read more »
Each year Washington imposes thousands of pages of rules and regulations on America’s local governments and small businesses. Hidden in those rules are costly mandates that stretch state and city budgets and make it harder for employers to hire.
In 1995, members from both parties got behind, and President Bill Clinton signed, the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), which sought to… Read more »
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives today passed bipartisan legislation sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., 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… 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 »
The House on Wednesday passed legislation to require federal agencies to evaluate the full economic effects of regulations.
Passed 250-173, the measure would further require agencies to consult with private sector entities impacted by the proposed rules.
Under the bill, the Congressional Budget Office would be required to evaluate economic effects of regulations on state, local and… Read more »
The House passed by a vote of 250-173 the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act (H.R. 50), which is intended to protect the private sector from regulatory costs imposed by the federal government.
The legislation, introduced again this year by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), was approved over Democrats' objections in January by the House Committee on Oversight and Government… Read more »
House Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation this week to counter President Obama’s efforts to circumvent Congress by having federal agencies push the envelope in federal rulemaking.
Under Obama, the agencies have adopted various new interpretations of their rulemaking authority that effectively allow the president to legislate without lawmakers. The Republicans' legislation… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Bipartisan regulatory transparency legislation sponsored by Reps. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., and Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., today advanced from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H.R. 50, would shed light on how federal policies impact the budgets of state and local governments and private sector… Read more »
Virginia Foxx was sworn in to her sixth term as the representative of North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District on Tuesday, Jan. 6.
Following her swearing in, Foxx voted for John Boehner, a Republican representative from Ohio, to serve his third term as speaker of the House. Boehner was narrowly re-elected as speaker of the House, capturing 216 votes from his colleagues, after needing… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation designed to reduce excessive regulatory costs by overhauling the federal rulemaking process. H.R. 185, the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015, passed the House by a vote of 250 to 175.
“Having owned a small business, I know from personal experience that overly burdensome rules and regulations handed down… Read more »
