Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]

Outgoing Chief Admits IRS Targeting 'Partisan'

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...General’s report is still problematic because it talks about policy positions, but it actually is not particularly partisan in how it talks about policy positions. Sen. Richard Burr: So it was partisan before, though. Miller: Yes, it absolutely was...

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House passes automatic COLA for veterans

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...is considering a similar bill, sponsored by its chairman, Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, and ranking Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina. Their bill also would round down benefits checks but would not allocate the savings to any vet

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Transportation nominee Anthony Foxx prepares for DC debut at confirmation hearing

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...him at his confirmation hearing. “I am positive he will make an excellent secretary of transportation,” she said. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., will also accompany Foxx to the hearing. So far, the senators and transportation experts who have gotten to

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Senate Committee approves Perez for Labor Sec’y on party-line vote

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Senate, were resigned to losing this round, though. ”I can count, so I know what the result of this election will be,” said Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. After the vote, Harkin said: “There being 12 ayes and 10 nays, the nomination of Thomas Perez to

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Senate panel OKs Perez nomination

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...doomed it, but any money recovered would have come from not from a deep-pocketed corporation, but the City of St. Paul. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) again raised concerns about Perez's communications by e-mail with a New York Times reporter in 2011, the n

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LORD Corporation's Scott Durso Served As Panelist At N.C. Federal Advanced Technologies Symposium

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...Federal Advanced Technologies Symposium on Thursday, May 9 at the McKimmon Center at NC State University. Hosted by U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, the North Carolina Military Business Center, the North Carolina Military Foundation, the University of North Caro

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Senate vet leaders join in-state tuition push

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...bill is cosponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Independent who chairs his chambers veterans committee, and Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, the committees ranking Republican. Sanders said he has heard from too many veterans that public coll

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Dome: Tax ideas on the table including capping local sales tax

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...through Sunday at the Fairmount Southampton in Bermuda, reports the Sunlight Foundation. Cost is $2,500. Back in the USA, Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican from Winston-Salem, held a fundraiser Monday at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va

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Famous names among college graduation speakers

2013-05-11T01:00:00Z

...two states. Gov. Pat McCrory will address graduating students at his alma mater, Catawba College in Salisbury. U.S. Sen. Richard Burr will speak at Chowan University in Murfreesboro. The speaker at Saturday morning’s commencement exercises at the Univ

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Consumer watchdog endorses Watt nomination

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...improbable is not the same thing as being impossible. On learning of Rep. Watt’s nomination, North Carolina U.S. Senator Richard Burr reached across the chamber’s partisan divide to offer his hopes for confirmation saying, “Having served with Mel,

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White House: Republicans ignored Benghazi emails

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...On the Senate side, lawyers briefed Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Richard Burr, who said the briefing satisfied many of his concerns. ÂIt answers a lot, if not all, of the questions that the committee f

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Despite siding with Democrats on 90 percent of votes, King says, ‘I’m making my own decisions’

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein to ban so-called assault rifles and on an amendment by Republican North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr related to Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families. “I’m just calling them as I see them,” King t

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Pro-life senator loses bid to examine country’s abortion policies

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), David Vitter (R-La.), Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.) all co-signed t

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More letters, May 7

2013-05-07T01:00:00Z

...to act allows criminals and phantom buyers to continue to have access to no-background-check gun sales. Shame on Sen. Richard Burr for voting to block gun reform. Here’s another example of how he is motivated by the power of lobbyists rather than a de

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Sen. Mike Lee Resolves to Address 'Gosnell-Type' Abortion Crime

2013-05-07T01:00:00Z

...of the resolution are Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tim Scott (SC), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Richard Burr (R-NC), David Vitter (R-LA), Mike Johanns (R-NE), and John Boozman (R-AR). Lee is also the author of the " District of Col

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Rob Portman Faces Heat For His Vote Against Background Checks

2013-05-06T01:00:00Z

...it "difficult for law-abiding Ohioans to exercise their Constitutionally-guaranteed rights." Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) also declined to meet with the families of gun violence victims while home for reces

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Senate Republicans introduce Kermit Gosnell resolution

2013-05-06T01:00:00Z

...Pat Toomey, R-Pa., Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-M0., Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., Sen. James Vitter, R-La., Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., and Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.

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Senators Who Voted To Kill Background Checks Dodge Meetings With Gun Victims

2013-05-04T01:00:00Z

...heard back from Pryor, but plans to speak with him at a public event in Lonoke County Thursday.” [KATV, 5/2/2013] – SEN. RICHARD BURR (R-NC): “Fran Lynch of North Carolina’s Religious Coalition for a Non-Violent Durham sent a letter to Burr, ask

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Poll: Voters Are More Likely To Support Two Red State Democrats Who Voted For Background Checks

2013-05-03T01:00:00Z

...will be less likely to support her because of it. The same polls finds voters are less likely to support Republican Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC) and David Vitter (R-LA) because of their votes against background checks. This comports with another recent pol

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PPP Poll: Background Check Votes Helped Hagan, Landrieu With Voters

2013-05-03T01:00:00Z

...Republican counterparts didn't fare as well. Fifty percent of North Carolinians said they would be less likely to vote for Sen. Richard Burr because of his vote against expanded background checks, and 40 percent in Louisiana said they would be less like

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