Foxx supports stopgap funding bill, spending cuts
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today voted for a two-week government funding bill that would save taxpayers $4 billion and fund the federal government through March 18, 2011. Foxx issued the following statement on the short-term bill: GE Aviation welcomes Foxx for tour
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GE–Aviation in West Jefferson welcomed Congresswoman Virginia Foxx last week for a tour of the manufacturing facility and to thank her for her support of the F136 program. Foxx votes for government funding bill that cuts spending
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U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today voted for a government funding bill that dramatically reduces spending and funds the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2011. The bill reduces spending by more than $100 bil Foxx cosponsors bill to provide Flexible Spending Accounts for Military Families
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today cosponsored bipartisan legislation to provide flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for military service members. These accounts, already available to many civilian employees, will help military fami Foxx recognizes coach who donated kidney
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U.S. Rep.Virginia Foxx took time on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday night to praise Wake Forest University baseball coach Tom Walter, who donated one of his kidneys to Kevin Jordan, a freshman baseball player at Wake Forest. Foxx votes for deficit-reducing U.N. legislation
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U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today voted to require the U.N. to return $179 million that the Unites States overpaid to the U.N in recent years. The bill, H.R. 519, is part of the House's YouCut program, which allows Foxx: ‘We Made a Promise and We Should Keep It
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Earlier today at the Republican conference, House conservatives made their case to Speaker John Boehner, urging him to cut at least $100 billion from the federal budget this fiscal year. Rep. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.), Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R., Wyo.), and Rep Four trillion reasons to balance the budget
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Last month the nonpartisan budget watchdogs at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released what is becoming a routine piece of grim news. They found, for the third year in a row, that the federal budget deficit is set to top a trillion dollars, clocki Foxx co-sponsors bill to end publicly financed presidential campaigns
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The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday to end public financing of presidential campaigns and political-party conventions. The bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, would eliminate the box on tax retur Foxx votes to slash taxpayer subsidies for presidential campaigns
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U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today voted to eliminate taxpayer funding for the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. The bill, H.R. 359, passed the House 239-160. It came up for a vote under House Republicans' YouCut Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
