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U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx will take over the chairmanship of a subcommittee focused on higher education, her office announced today. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a conservative Republican from North Carolina who has questioned some of President Obama's education priorities, will lead the higher-education subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 112th Congress, the congresswoman announced on Tuesday. Representative Foxx, a former community-college president and professor, said in a statement that she… Read more »

During 2009 and 2010 many Congress watchers groused about the lack of openness in Congress and urged the House of Representatives to let more light shine on the way it did business. I certainly agree with those concerns. Read more »

During some brief remarks at the White House on Monday, President Obama said work being done on a tax-cuts package by the U.S. Senate "proves that both parties can, in fact, work together to grow our economy and look out for the American people." But tha Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today will vote against a tax increase that is being brought up by House Democrats to increase taxes on many American small businesses, job creators and investors. Foxx has consistently called for stopping Read more »

The diplomatic cable dump by WikiLeaks has caused a wide variety of reaction from lawmakers. Fifth District Congresswoman Virginia Foxx said the Obama administration needs to do more to prevent these leaks. Read more »

About half of American workers didn't pay any federal income taxes last year. Huge agribusinesses got billions in tax subsidies to turn food into fuel–pushing up the price of food for American families. In fact, last year's tax subs Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today slammed the WikiLeaks State Department diplomatic cable data dump and called for strong penalties for those responsible for the security breach. She also urged the Obama administration to make govern Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today renewed her pledge not to request special federal budget carve-outs, better known as earmarks. Foxx first made her no earmark pledge in 2007 and will maintain her no earmark pledge in the 112th Congr Read more »

It has been two weeks since the election that saw the Republicans make significant gains in the U.S. Congress and the North Carolina General Assembly. North Carolina U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, who will now be in the majority party, said the new majority wil Read more »