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      <excerpt>...She was standing on the U.S. Capitol steps under the afternoon sun, just after North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr had welcomed the protesters and urged them to change Democratic minds. &quot;Anybody that doesn't listen is crazy,&quot; Burr said. &quot;I don't</excerpt>
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      <title>North Carolina's Blue Dogs and health bill: It's complicated</title>
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      <excerpt>...- a violent attack by an emotionally unstable soldier - it is even clearer that the proposal being pushed by Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina should be rejected.&quot; &quot;America has seen an epidemic of horrific gun violence at churches and synagogues, w</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Carolina Democrat who said he will make a long-awaited decision by this weekend on whether to challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr.  Democrats made significant inroads in 2006 and 2008, winning House seats even in states like Mississippi and Alabama t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Carolina Democrat who said he will make a long-awaited decision by this weekend on whether to challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr.  Democrats made significant inroads in 2006 and 2008, winning House seats even in states like Mississippi and Alabama t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Carolina Democrat who said he will make a long-awaited decision by this weekend on whether to challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr. Democrats made significant inroads in 2006 and 2008, winning House seats even in states like Mississippi and Alabama th</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...recipient to fill out indicating his or her opposition to government-run health insurance. There was nothing sent to U.S. Sen. Richard Burr or any member of the U.S. Congress from North Carolina. I was concerned in receiving the mailing that the tear-of</excerpt>
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      <title>Commissioners Vote to Send Letter Opposing Blue Cross Blue Shield NC Mailing (Pitt County)</title>
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      <excerpt>...measures. Whereas other proposals have divided lawmakers, the house-call idea is winning support from Republicans and Democrats alike as a &quot;more cost-effective way for these patients to get the coordinated care they need,&quot; said Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...-- North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr has a 37 percent approval rating among adults in the state, just one year before he comes up for re-election.  An Elon University poll released Friday shows that 22 percent of respondents disapprove of the way the Rep</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...since 1968 has the Senate seat currently held by Richard Burr (N.C.) been won in re-election, and the seat has switched parties in every election since 1980. Whether Burr can break both trends remains to be seen. With the economy atop the list of import</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...court. Sounds like an easy vote, doesn't it? Most senators thought so. All female Republican senators thought so. 	  But Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) voted no to protecting rape victims -- after receiving over $700,000 in campaign contributions from the def</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Friday, November 6, 2009. Senator Accuses Anti-Gun Group of Exploiting Fort Hood Massacre: Republican Sen. Richard Burr o.. http://bit.ly/49Te4m Trent Partridge. Posted by Trent Partridge at 2:21 PM ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>And then there is US Senator Richard Burr (NC). Senator Burr took time out of his busy schedule to go out on the steps of the Senate steps and meet with constituents from NC about their concerns. That, my friends, is what a ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Despite this fact, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) is pushing a gun lobby backed bill, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (S. 669), that would limit the circumstances in which a veteran&amp;#39;s name could be added to a federal database used ...</excerpt>
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