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      <excerpt>...and it is only fair that we give the same residency benefits to spouses as we give to active-duty personnel,&quot; said Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., who sponsored the legislation. &quot;This bill represents one small way we can help ease the burden of military fami</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, called the decision shocking. There has been no statement from Sen. Kay Hagan, D-NC. It&amp;#39;s been obvious since 2001 that any ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> North Carolina&amp;#39;s Richard Burr, like many other Republicans, said the debate was about &amp;quot;fairness&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;about principle and .... allowing judicial nominees an ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of Russian roulette -- eventually it's going to get people killed. That's why it's somewhat bizarre that North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is standing behind legislation he introduced last March that would restore gun ownership rights to veterans designa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &#8220;These hearings should be expanded to include examining the ramification of a bill currently before the Senate, S. 669, sponsored by Senator Richard Burr ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...fresh attacks on a Senate bill they say would make it easier for mentally unstable veterans to buy firearms. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says his &quot;Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act&quot; will protect veterans' gun rights. But the Brady Campaign to Prevent</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> That&amp;#39;s why it&amp;#39;s somewhat bizarre that North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is standing behind legislation he introduced last March that would restore gun ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &#8220;Richard Burr is the wrong senator for North Carolina,&#8221; Rep. Etheridge said. &#8220;He stands as a roadblock to progress on the major challenges facing our state ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Both of North Carolina&amp;#39;s senators, Republican Richard Burr of Winston-Salem and Democrat Kay Hagan of Greensboro, are part of the HELP committee. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>After it ran a series of polls showing Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) in danger of losing his re-election bid despite the lack of a Democratic challenger, Burr&amp;#39;s Republican allies &amp;quot;question[ed] the firm&amp;#39;s analysis and accus[ed] it of being a ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Bob Etheridge (D-NC) announced late 11/13 that he would not challenge Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) next year, leaving two other Dems, atty/Obama fundraiser Ken Lewis (D) and &amp;#39;02 candidate/Sec/State Elaine Marshall (D) still in the race. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>This statistic was cited in a recent Mother Jones article about Republican Sen. Richard Burr&amp;#39;s bill, the &amp;quot;Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act,&amp;quot; which would ease mental-health restrictions on vets&amp;#39; ability to buy guns. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Republican incumbant Senator Richard Burr. This is the same Burr who suggested to his family to do a bank-run when the economy got tight, the same Burr who stood against Tammy Duckworth&amp;#39;s attempts to help veterans, the same Burr who ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker (D) is the latest in a long line of Democrats to decide not to run against Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) next year. * Republican National Committeeman Sean Mahoney had been rumored as a possible ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8211; U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-North Carolina), Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, made the following statement on the health care bill released yesterday by Senate Majority ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>We were informed of her displeasure that her host and US Senator Richard Burr was allowed to ride the [Straight Talk Express II] with her. &#8220; The e-mail was dated October 26. Here&amp;#39;s a photo from NewRaleigh of Burr bro-ing down with Todd ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker said Wednesday that he would not challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr next year. Wicker, a Raleigh lawyer and a Democrat, said he seriously considered a Senate bid this time and received strong encouragement to take the plunge, </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... of the list of North Carolina&amp;#39;s potential Democratic candidates: After spending a few months expressing interest in the race, former Lieutenant Governor Dennis Wicker announced today that he would not challenge Senator Richard Burr. ...</excerpt>
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