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In the Worst Congress Ever, These Few Lawmakers Actually Did Something By: Samantha Lachman The 113th Congress is on track to pass just 55 bills in 2013 -- a record low level of productivity. But despite the historic levels of inter-party polarization, some legislators managed to work through the gridlock. We took a look -- with data from Find the Best -- at a handful of members… Read more »

“The recent Geneva agreement to relax the very sanctions responsible for bringing Iran to the table has the makings of a grave foreign policy mistake." Read more »

Six members of the House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors for the Local Radio Freedom Act. The bill, which opposes performance royalties or other new fees for broadcast radio, now has 177 co-sponsors in the House and 12 in the Senate. Read more »

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. Read more »

Congresswoman Foxx is a proud cosponsor of this legislation, the Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act, and supports its passage through Congress. This is just one of the ways Congresswoman Foxx is fighting against government fraud that costs North Carolina taxpayers each month. Any taxpayer-funded welfare program, such as the Lifeline program, must serve only those who qualify for help, and certainly shouldn’t be manipulated to provide corporate welfare to wireless providers. Read more »

Earlier this month on September 11 we mourned the one year anniversary of the terrorist attack on our U.S. consulate annex in Benghazi, Libya. Read more »

An unchecked SNAP program that wastes its limited resources on publicity campaigns or subsidizing those who do not qualify is unable to provide the best service to the people it is designed to help. It is the job of this Congress to ensure the program is held accountable as a steward of taxpayer dollars and as a safety net of last resort for the needy. Read more »

"Reforms in this legislation put stronger protections in place to ensure SNAP money is reserved just for those Americans who qualify for food stamps and isn’t wasted on government public relations campaigns or lottery winners. Additionally, consistent with the bipartisan belief that the solution to poverty is found through work, and not just aid, the Nutrition Reform & Work Opportunity Act reinstates Clinton-era SNAP work requirements." Read more »

"The No Subsidies Without Verification Act we passed today in the House will hold the Administration to an honest standard: Develop a verification process now, or stop the subsidy system.” Read more »

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act (H.R. 2009) and the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act (H.R. 367). According to a press release from Congresswoman Virginia Foxx’ office, these are two of ten pieces of legislation passed by the House of Representatives last week to hold Washington accountable and stop government abuse. Read more »