Sen. Roland Burris

Sponsorship Analysis

Burris was a moderate Democratic follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Burris’s time serving in the Senate.

Use this chart to compare Burris to other members of the Senate in the 111^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Burris’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• S. 3891 (111th): Diverse Teachers Recruitment Act of 2010
• S. 3886 (111th): A bill to authorize the establishment of a memorial in the District ...
• S.Res. 606 (111th): A resolution designating August 29, 2010, as “Railroad Retirement Day”.
• S.Res. 559 (111th): A resolution observing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.
• S.Res. 522 (111th): A resolution recognizing National Nurses Week.
• S.Res. 509 (111th): A resolution designating April 2010 as “National STD Awareness Month”.
• S.Con.Res. 49 (111th): A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage ...

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Voting Record

From Jan 2009 to Nov 2010, Burris missed 6 of 644 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Nov 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
• Office of Roland Burris for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills