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Results 1 - 20 of 167 in Virginia Foxx

  1. Letters to The NewsRead the original story

    Wednesday | Mt. Airy News

    ... Sen. Burr quite often, and he at least has a staffer call me every few months. I receive personal emails from Virginia Foxx. What does that tell you? The democratic party looks on us, we, the people, as stupid, ignorant, and not worthy of their ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Opinion

  2. Lobbyist helps direct $1.5 million to firing range, anti-gang programRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Dec 21 | Winston-Salem Journal>

    ... representative who represents the area where the money will be spent. In the case of Tanglewood, that's Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, who took a "no earmarks" pledge in 2007. If Foxx had supported the appropriation it would have improved the chances of ...

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    Related Topix: Forsyth County, NC, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics

  3. Sarah Palin told the "Lie of the YEar"Read the original story w/Photo

    Monday Dec 21 | Plunderbund

    ... may start us down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia if enacted into law." Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said on the House floor July 28 that a Republican alternative for health reform was "pro-life because it will not put ...

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    Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, Fred Thompson, Republican, US House of Representatives, Health, AARP

  4. The top ten quotes from the right wing lunatic fringe 2009Read the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 18 | Examiner.com

    ... to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country." Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) from the floor of the House of Representatives 6. "This cannot pass," (referring to health care reform) "What we have ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, Joe Wilson, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Jim DeMint, Rush Limbaugh, Representative Michele Bachmann

  5. Candidate tries the hard way

    Sunday Dec 20 | Winston-Salem Journal

    A Wilkes County man who hopes to claim Virginia Foxx's 5th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is doing it the hard way, without money, name recognition or a party behind him.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Wilkes County, NC, Mulberry, NC, Winston-Salem, NC, North Carolina, Northwest, NC

  6. DEATHRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Dec 19 | St. Petersburg Times

    ... start us down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia if enacted into law." July 28: Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C.: Republicans oppose putting "seniors in a position of being put to death by their government." Aug. 7: Sarah Palin: ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Boehner, Healthcare Law, Law, US Governors, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

  7. August 20, 2009: Republican Lawmaker: Health Care Reform Unconstitutional

    Friday Dec 18 | Center for Cooperative Research

    Representative Virginia Foxx , during a "telephone town hall" discussion of health care reform, reiterates her opposition to Democratic reform initiatives.

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    Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News, Family, Elderly

  8. Sept. 11 Memorial official: Contractor has not been announcedRead the original story

    Sep 11, 2009 | Mt. Airy News

    ... terrorist attack in the United States should be built by American companies. Both Fifth District Congresswoman Virginia Foxx and Sen. Richard Burr have spoken out about the decision to have granite shipped in from overseas. Goad said the local ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Richard Burr, US Senate, Mount Airy, NC

  9. More

    Wednesday Dec 16 | The Mountain Times

    ... stops by Democrats who are lining up behind their favored candidate to take on incumbent Republican Virginia Foxx for the Fifth District U.S. Congressional seat next year. A public campaign is underway called "Draft Billy Kennedy," with party ...

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Social Software, Startups, Facebook

  10. Foreign Company To Supply Granite For 9/11 Memorial In New YorkRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | WFMY-TV Greensboro

    ... expected the Memorial work to take them two years to complete. Goad says they have contacted Congresswoman Virginia Foxx's office as well as Senator Hagan and Senator Burr's offices. North Carolina-based marines began deploying Tuesday for ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Kay Hagan, US Senate, Democrat, Supply, NC

  11. Backlash After U.S. Company Passed Over For Sept. 11 Memorial's GraniteRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | NBC 17

    ... vice president at North Carolina Granite. After news reports Friday about the loss of the contract, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., raised the issue on the floor of the House. "This is very disturbing," Foxx said in a speech. "I hope that the ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mount Airy, NC

  12. House GOP's Virginia Foxx: Republicans Passed Civil Rights...Read the original story

    Nov 19, 2009 | DCCC

    House GOP's Virginia Foxx: Republicans Passed Civil Rights Bills Back In The 60s - Seriously?? Share [...] Foxx then extended her claims of the GOP's progressive history to the issue of civil rights.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Dennis Cardoza, Democrat

  13. N.C. Granite loses bid for Sept. 11 memorialRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Danville Register Bee

    ... vice president at North Carolina Granite. After news reports Friday about the loss of the contract, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., raised the issue on the floor of the House. "This is very disturbing," Foxx said in a speech. "I hope that the ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, North Carolina Government, North Carolina

  14. The (surprisingly) moderate Southern politician

    Friday Dec 11 | LaGrange Daily News - LaGrange, Georgia

    ... where you don't read about some Southern politician from either party (Joe Wilson, R-SC; Alan Grayson, D-FL; Virginia Foxx, R-NC) shooting his or her extremist mouth off to get television time and campaign cash. It might lead one to conclude that ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, Joe Wilson, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Alan Grayson, Democrat, Alabama, Opinion

  15. Harry Reid and setting the record straight on civil rightsRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Dec 7 | Examiner.com

    ... out on talk radio, talk TV and the blogosphere. Liberal bloggers have hammered one particular House member, Virginia Foxx of North Carolina for saying that, "The GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental in this country, just as we were ...

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, 2008 Presidential Election

  16. Republicans Warn of Health Care Gulags and Ghettoes

    Monday Dec 7 | PerrSpectives

    ... in Medicaid than it does to cover them in private health insurance. As for the Republican alternative, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) in November suggested that it's better to be uninsured than enrolled in the government's Medicaid program: "I want to ...

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    Related Topix: US News, Nathan Deal, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Paul Broun, Ron Paul, Tom DeLay

  17. Roll CallRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 5 | Winston-Salem Journal

    ... Larry Kissell, D-8; Heath Shuler , D-11; Melvin Watt, D-12; Brad Miller, D-13 Voting no: Walter Jones, R-3; Virginia Foxx, R-5; Howard Coble, R-6; Sue Myrick, R-9; Patrick McHenry, R-10 Not voting: None GOP ESTATE-TAX PLAN: Voting 187 for and 233 ...

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    Related Topix: US News, Walter Jones, US Politics, Patrick McHenry, Republican, US House of Representatives, Howard Coble, Senator Kay Hagan, US Senate, Democrat

  18. Letters to The NewsRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 1 | Mt. Airy News

    To the Editor, Garland Smith gripes about the criticisms of Virginia Foxx but does not deny that they are true.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Republican, Mount Airy, NC, Opinion

  19. States at odds over warrant that might have kept Clemmons in jail

    Tuesday Dec 1 | Seattle Times

    ... using NewsMax as a reference? LOL. look, just keep to your business in NC. y'all got enough loonies like Rep. Virginia Foxx to keep track of as it is, okay? r. james Portland, OR 1 comments Everybody in the criminal justice system knows that ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, High Point, NC

  20. Foxx toes own lineRead the original story

    Monday Nov 30 | The Bully Pulpit

    In the post-Jesse Helms era, it's hard to find a North Carolina politician more polarizing than Virginia Foxx.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Avery County, NC