Votes cast by U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis of North Carolina show that they do not agree with each other on the two-year budget deal that supporters say spares the United States from a default crisis and opponents say opens the door wider to unchecked spending.
The U.S. Senate voted 64-35 early Friday to approve the budget deal.
Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, voted… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, is more in line with former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas on the subject of federal income taxes than any of the other Republican presidential candidates who participated in the CNBC-moderated debate Wednesday.
As it turns out, Huckabee walks alone among his GOP rivals, though his income-tax proposal reflects a similar proposal co-sponsored by 72… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement regarding her vote against the federal budget agreement that would suspend the debt ceiling through March 2017:
“Every time the federal government approaches its debt limit, like clockwork, liberal politicians – from the White House down – begin threatening ‘default’ unless the government is able to… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement regarding her vote against reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank:
“As a former small business owner, I certainly understand the many challenges that companies face to be successful in an internationally competitive business environment. However, the Ex-Im Bank conflicts with core conservative principles on… Read more »
WASHINGTON House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to two higher education regulations the administration finalized earlier today:
Today’s announcement continues the administration’s pattern of micromanaging higher… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would dismantle President Obama’s deeply flawed health care law and temporarily cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood.
“The so-called Affordable Care Act has proved to be anything but affordable for North Carolinians, who have faced some of the largest premium increases in the country,” said Foxx.… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR), which creates vouchers for a certain number of K-12 students in the District of Columbia. But what will happen after the House's passage of H.R. 10 is unclear.
The Opportunity Scholarship program is a political favorite of House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio,… Read more »
Congress, the Pentagon and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) have been clamoring for years that increased competition is the most effective way to reduce wasteful defense spending. Yet the practice of awarding contracts on a sole source basis is pervasive throughout the Defense Department. In fact, about half of the $3 trillion the department expects to spend during… Read more »
There’s plenty of uncertainty about who will be leading the House — but not quite as much on where they’ll lead. One of the biggest priorities of the new speaker has already been decided, thanks in part to [Wednesday’s] vote to turn up the heat on Planned Parenthood. Now five investigations into the ghoulish organ harvesting business, members say the only thing they’re left with is more… Read more »
Nearly 20 leading Republicans are urging their colleagues to refrain from making any rash decisions after the surprise exit of Kevin McCarthy from the speakership race on Thursday.
In a letter sent to GOP lawmakers, the Republicans, including Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan, and Reps. Jeff Miller, Peter Roskam and Lynn Jenkins, said the conference needs to reevaluate its message and… Read more »
