House Minority Leader John Boehner is coming to North Carolina.

The Ohio Republican will be the featured guest at a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, who is running for a third term in office, according to Roll Call.

The Oct. 5 fundraiser will be held at a private residence in the Fifth District. Tickets range from $100 to $1,000.

The trip is partly political payback. Foxx supported Boehner's bid to replace Rep. Tom DeLay as House majority leader in 2006, over Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri.

The two also toured a Davie County elementary school in 2005.

North Carolina's drought has landed on the desks of congressional leaders.

Ten of the state's congressional members signed a letter asking Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner for help in getting money for agriculture disaster areas.

The letter follows Gov. Mike Easley's letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the same subject, Barb Barrett reports.

Eighty-five of the state’s 100 counties have been declared agricultural disaster areas. The letter was circulated by Rep. Mike McIntyre, a Lumberton Democrat. Republicans Virginia Foxx, Sue Myrick and Patrick McHenry did not sign the letter.