Foxx Named Taxpayer Hero: Blue Dogs Fare Poorly

Group names four N.C. Republicans ‘taxpayer heroes’
By David N. Bass
August 16, 2010

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s three centrist Democrats scored in single digits on new congressional rankings that judge how well lawmakers protected taxpayers’ interests in 2009.

Spouses of vets may get more aid

Foxx-sponsored bill would extend home-loan benefits
By Sarah Morayati JOURNAL REPORTER
Published: August 9, 2010

More surviving spouses of veterans will be available for Veteran's Affairs home loans under a bill now making its way through Congress.

The Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act, was introduced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., to fix what she describes as a loophole in veterans' benefits.

GOP amendment to defund pricey highway signs defeated

By Rick Henderson | Carolina JournalARRA (Stimulus Sign) Courtesy John Locke Foundation

RALEIGH — The U.S. House of Representatives last week defeated a measure that would have prevented additional funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to pay for highway signs touting projects the so-called stimulus act has underwritten.