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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) has co-sponsored legislation that will suspend income taxes on unemployment benefits paid to jobless workers. The IRS currently considers unemployment benefits to be "income" and levies normal Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today made the following statement on the House floor after the Senate passed its version of the stimulus. Foxx called on the Democratic majority (watch video) to allow House Republicans to bri Read more »

Each week that Congress is in session, Washington correspondent Sean Mussenden will sit down with a different member of the North Carolina delegation for an in-depth interview on issues of importance. Q. Why did you join most Republicans in voting agai Read more »

It's stimulus time again. Congress just passed an $825 billion so-called "stimulus plan". This plan could be more aptly named the "borrow and spend plan". One reason I opposed this legislation is that every additional dollar spent on federal progra Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today announced the launch of http://republicanwhip.house.gov/jobs, a new website that outlines the House Republican Economic Recovery Plan. The website details the smarter, simpler stimulus pla Read more »

"The economic challenges facing our country today are great. Americans expect Congress to take seriously the need to get the unemployed back to work and to help small businesses, the engine of our economy, create most of those jobs. Doing the right thin Read more »

On the heels of the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Timothy Geithner as the new United States Treasury Secretary, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx released the following statement questioning whether Geithner's confirmation was good Read more »

H.J. Res 3, the legislation sponsored by Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) that would remove Congressional approval for the second $350 billion of the $700 billion TARP bailout, passed the House of Representatives on January 22.   The bipartisan legislation (H.J. Res. 3) passed the House by a vote of 270-155.  The legislation is designed to take advantage of a provision in the… Read more »

As Congresswoman Virginia Foxx begins her third term in office, she stopped by the R&L to talk about the bailout bill, the inauguration, the new president and some other issues. Read more »

Surry County's representative in Congress led the charge Thursday for a largely symbolic House vote not to fund the second half of a $700 billion financial bailout. The chamber voted 270-155 in favor of legislation sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R- Read more »