Rep. Virginia Foxx

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Foxx.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Foxx is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Foxx has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 17, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Virginia Foxx sits on the following committees:

• Ranking Member, House Committee on Education and Labor
• House Committee on Oversight and Reform
  • Member, Subcommittee on National Security

Enacted Legislation

Foxx was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 951: To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.
• H.J.Res. 37 (115th): Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
• H.R. 5134 (113th): To extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance for one year.
• H.R. 803 (113th): Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
• H.R. 1121 (111th): Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009
• H.R. 6073 (110th): To provide that Federal employees receiving their pay by electronic funds transfer shall be given the option of receiving their pay stubs electronically.
• H.R. 1499 (109th): Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act

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Does 7 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Foxx sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (23%) International Affairs (17%) Education (17%) Taxation (10%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Economics and Public Finance (10%) Energy (7%) Labor and Employment (7%)

Recent Bills

Some of Foxx’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 3313: Defense Maintenance Data Transparency Act
• H.R. 2516: Spending Safeguard Act
• H.R. 1819: War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
• H.R. 805: Robo COP Act
• H.R. 661: Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Act of 2019
• H.R. 296: Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
• H.R. 300: Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2019

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2005 to Jul 2019, Foxx missed 51 of 10,586 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. This is better than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills