New Report Illuminates the Benefits to Modernizing Federal Grant Reporting

The report highlights perspectives of 30 grant management leaders from across the executive branch, federal agencies, and the private sector. Today the Data Foundation and MorganFranklin Consulting released Transforming Federal Grant Reporting: Current Challenge, Future Vision .

Conservatives See Farm Bill’s Sugar Program as Too Sweet

An amendment to the farm bill by Rep. Virginia Foxx would end the requirement that at least 85% of the U.S.'s sugar purchases must come from domestic processors. WASHINGTON-House Republican leaders have scheduled a vote on the farm bill for Friday, but haven't yet resolved lingering GOP concerns over major planks of the legislation, including its support for the U.S. sugar industry.

Congress back at work trying to end government shutdown

Congress prepared to return to work Saturday as negotiators pressed for a budget deal to keep a government shutdown that began at midnight short-lived. Agencies shut down for the first time in more than four years late Friday after senators rejected a temporary spending patch and bipartisan efforts to find an alternative fell short as a midnight deadline came and went.

House GOP higher education bill moves ahead, despite cries to slow down

President Donald Trump signs an executive order as Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., right, observes on Oct. 12, 2017, at the White House. Foxx is one of the authors of a comprehensive higher education bill that might be on the president's desk soon.

Higher Education Act Proposal Primes Fight Over Future of Colleges

The sprawling, 542-page revamp of the Higher Education Act released Friday by Rep. Virginia Foxx kicks off what could be a yearlong legislative process aimed at reshaping the playing field for post-secondary education. The bill, previewed earlier this week by The Wall Street Journal, would update the Higher Education Act of 1965 by overhauling student-loan programs, mandating more transparency for earnings after graduation and jettisoning much of the existing regulatory framework on for-profit colleges.

Opinion: Trumpa s apprenticeships wona t happen with the budget cuts he proposes

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence greet House of Representatives committee leaders Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady , Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx and others at a budget discussion in March. There is a troubling chasm in the world of work today, and it threatens U.S. prosperity and hopes of strengthening the middle class.

Republicans wants your boss to know your DNA

The Obamacare repeal blueprint that President Donald Trump and House Republican leaders are trying to slam through the House this week is horrible enough, ripping away insurance from millions and giving a huge tax break to the wealthy . But if some Republicans get their way, a bill that would threaten our DNA privacy could be part of the follow-up legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act.

In Foxx, Trump & DeVos Have a Staunch Education Ally

With control of all three branches of government, Republicans are set on unraveling President Obama's education legacy and pushing an unprecedented amount of funding and authority back to states. Leading this charge is Rep. Virginia Foxx, the newly appointed chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

Congress Is Trying To Tear Up This Obama Rule That Hurts Businesses

Republicans in the House of Representatives have proposed legislation that would stop regulations requiring federal contractors to report any and all labor violations. The joint resolution , proposed Monday by North Carolina Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx, makes use of the Congressional Review Act of 1996, which allows Congress to overturn executive actions, and has only been used once before.

New House education chairwoman Virginia Foxx favors rolling back Obama regulations

Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., listens to testimony at a House Education Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2016. A worker, right, installs lights on the 2016 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016.

House GOP Selects New Committee Chairmen

A number of House committees will see a shakeup in leadership next year, as GOP members approve the Steering Committee's recommendations for chairmanships during their conference meeting Friday. House Speaker Paul Ryan released a list of approved recommendations Thursday evening, showing seven changes slated for the 115th Congress.

Trump, Pence to stop in Winston-Salem Monday; McCrory to tag along

Fresh off his Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump will appear in Winston-Salem next week with Gov. Pat McCrory, Sen. Richard Burr, Rep. Virginia Foxx and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. Trump and his Republican cohorts will be in the Lawrence Joe Coliseum annex on Monday at 8 p.m., according to state GOP officials.