Talk:Virginia Foxx

Vandalism

I know there's been some vandalism of this page, but does it make me a bad wikipedian that I think this congresswoman deserves it?--Benfergy (talk) 03:11, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

You can think she deserves it and remove the vandalism anyway. How about that? =) Henrymrx (t·c) 03:34, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Which fact about Congresswoman Foxx's statement should be in Wikipedia?

Should this fact from notable source be in Congresswoman Foxx's wikepedia entry?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30505428/

Or Mathew Shepard's mother's reaction doesn't really belong to this wiki entry?

(BTW, I'm not in Congresswoman Foxx's district, I'm straight; I have no fight in this, just calling a spade a spade.) 75.172.73.200 (talk) 18:53, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

While the source is certainly reliable, per WP:NOT, Wikipedia articles aren't intended to collect every related fact. I personally don't think that the reaction of Shepard's mother doesn't belong in the article.

Foxx actually should probably have a controversies section.67.149.196.50 (talk) 01:35, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Foxx 100% needs a controversies section - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/representative-virginia-fox-on-student-debt_n_1431050.html#s822521&title=No_Definition_Of

- http://wonkette.com/470350/virginia-foxx-simply-does-not-care-for-you-damn-kids-and-your-debt

And several others just google her name — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.43.160.22 (talk) 13:24, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

No Earmark Pledge

Discussion

I've removed the following text, which (a) did not comply with the requirement for neutral language and (b) was also a violation of WP:BLP, since it is contentious material ("abuse", "reform", "alleged", "corruption") without adequate sourcing. Without such sourcing, this is also borderline original writing, since there may be nothing newsworthy here. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 14:07, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

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As reports of earmark abuse have come to light, Congresswoman Foxx has voluntarily agreed not to request earmarks until the process for allocating them has been reformed. Alleged pay-to-play schemes involving earmarks secured by members such as Reps. John Murtha, Peter Visclosky, and Alan Mollohan highlight the continued need for new oversight and accountability protections against corruption and favoritism. Foxx regularly votes for amendments aimed at stripping unnecessary earmarks from appropriations legislation. She has cosponsored measures such as H.Con.Res. 201 which would establish a Joint Committee on Earmark Reform.

References

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I have removed the following line from the Hurricane Katrina section: "She was also one of only 33 Republicans to vote against the extension of the Voting Rights Act in July 2006." Her stance on the Voting Rights Act is not relevant to her stance on Katrina funding.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.5.220 (talk) 00:33, May 13, 2013.

The IP editor is entirely correct. He/she was reverted twice, by the same editor. I have reinstated his edit. Her stance on the Voting Rights Act is in no way relevant to reconstruction funding for Hurricane Katrina. Horologium (talk) 01:11, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

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Voting with the party.

Someone just removed something saying how often she votes with Trump. The source was 538. The editor said it was misleading and out of date. A more appropriate edit would have been to update the number; it was not misleading. She does vote the party line nearly all of the time. One exception would be on budget matters. She is so tight __with taxpayer money__ ... fill in your favorite joke. She votes against most (all) expenditures. I think she would wear that as a badge of honor - I'm sure some campaign literature could be used as a source. Perhaps someone will see this and write something professionally - and sourced. 75.191.81.123 (talk) 17:39, 12 April 2019 (UTC) J

Footnote 13

This footnote cites a broken link. It also relates to a claim that her opponent in a political contests conceded he didn't "have the stomach" to oppose her. It seems this is inappropriate since he is still living. At least without quoting him. 142.147.89.238 (talk) 12:53, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Since numbers change, this is the reference in question:

"No file found". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2023-04-02.

-- Pemilligan (talk) 15:00, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

It's also in Roger Sharpe as

"Wall Street Journal, Wayback Machine". 2007-09-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

The source is actually the Winston-Salem Journal.-- Pemilligan (talk) 15:20, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Using ProQuest, I found a replacement reference, which may actually be the original reference, and added it to both articles:

Sexton, Scott (January 12, 2006). "Nasty battle against Foxx didn't suit Joines' style". Winston-Salem Journal. ProQuest 370121068. [Allen Joines] didn't have the stomach to run against U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th.

In addition to limited access to ProQuest, what they have is an abstract, not the full article. As presented, it appears that the newspaper columnist is the one who used "stomach" rather than Allen Joines himself, so the wiki text probably needs a rewrite. -- Pemilligan (talk) 16:27, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

biased?

Isn't there anything good or positive she has ever done? It could be really minor, but surely there's something decent that she has ever proposed or stood for. No? -- 2600:8802:5913:1700:C93:A169:7594:B330 (talk) 10:39, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Somewhat strange omission

Why is there nothing about her role (as committee chairwoman) in investigating campus antisemitism? It's what she's achieved the most national media coverage for (outside her own district) over the last eight months or so. AnonMoos (talk) 19:57, 12 August 2024 (UTC)