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Foshee considers himself to have been an independent "good government" type of legislator, concerned in particular about bills relating to insurance, reducing taxes, and removing from the state payroll, so-called "deadheads" or phantom employees who perform little or no actual work for their government checks. Though outgoing [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] supported Foshee's initial election to the House, Foshee considered himself neither "pro-Long" nor "anti-Long" within his state's then dominant Democratic Party.<ref name=statement/>
Foshee considers himself to have been an independent "good government" type of legislator, concerned in particular about bills relating to insurance, reducing taxes, and removing from the state payroll, so-called "deadheads" or phantom employees who perform little or no actual work for their government checks. Though outgoing [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] supported Foshee's initial election to the House, Foshee considered himself neither "pro-Long" nor "anti-Long" within his state's then dominant Democratic Party.<ref name=statement/>
Foshee died at his Natchitoches home four days prior to his 88th birthday. He is interred along with other family members at Fern Park Cemetery in Natchitoches.<ref name=obit/>
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