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Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (below) is still considered the frontrunner in the Whip race. Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.) is the new underdog in the race for Republican Whip, having displaced Sen. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) as Sen. John...
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Now, Senate Republicans want to change federal law to allow states to pass such laws but to require all long-term unemployed people to "volunteer" 20 hours a week to continue receiving benefits, with an additional bill introduced by North Carolina's...
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Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) and Richard Burr (R-NC) arrive at the Capitol for a series of votes in Washington December 17, 2011. The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for two months in legislation that also attempts to... View Photo »
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I had expected that four and a half months would be enough time for VA to come up with solutions, but it appears that is not the case
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It seems utterly noncontroversial: Members of Congress should not be able to personally financially benefit from inside information they obtain from holding office. But this Congress can't even cleanly fix that. The Senate passed the STOCK Act 96-3,...
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NC -- If you have ever been unemployed, you know it's a lot of waiting and working to find a job. North Carolina Senator Richard Burr wants those collecting unemployment benefits to spend some of that time volunteering, and he doesn't want it to be...
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The vote was 417-2 , with 14 members absent. The two nay votes were from Rep. John Campbell, R-Calif. , and Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga. The bill passed the Senate by a 96-3 vote last week (the nay votes came from Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. , Tom Coburn, R-Okla....
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) (L) and U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) head to the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol September 20, 2011 in Washington, DC. Alexander announced that his is resigning... View Photo »
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In my first hearing on this committee [in 2005], the issue that was raised is, ‘Veterans can’t get appointments.’ It still doesn’t happen today. Don’t overthink this
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Bill Frist's sale of stock in his family's hospital company, but no charges were brought against the Tennessee Republican. WASHINGTON -- Key provisions of the STOCK Act, the bill to bar insider trading by lawmakers, were removed in the latest version...
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Reid seeks cloture today on transport bill - Pension plan draws D.C. area pols' ire - House Rules sets amendment deadline - Conservative groups warn against both bills
The Politico
Republicans want to change how it’s paid for and use it to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, among other things. “I don’t have any problem with it proceeding,” said Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who has called the Finance Committee’s plan to...
About Richard Burr
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Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is a United States Senator from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A Republican, Burr represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for five terms, and was elected to represent North Carolina as a U.S. Senator in the 2004 election. He defeated the... Full Article
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) (L) and U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) head to the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol September 20, 2011 in Washington, DC. Alexander announced that his is resigning from his post in GOP leadership but...
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Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , left, one of the so-called Gang of Six bipartisan negotiators seeking a solution to the debt crisis, walks to the Senate with Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. , at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) (L) and U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) head to the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol September 20, 2011 in Washington, DC. Alexander announced that his is resigning from his post in GOP leadership but...
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