Sen. Richard Burr

Senator from North Carolina

Republican

Senior Senator

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
2005-2016	Senator	North Carolina
1995-2004	Representative	North Carolina's 5^th District

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2014 Report Card

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Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Burr has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Burr is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Richard Burr sits on the following committees:

Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Senate Committee on Finance
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth
- Member, Subcommittee on Health Care
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families
- Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2005 to Feb 2015, Burr missed 96 of 3,204 roll call votes, which is 3.0%. This is worse than the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	2	2.2%	71^st
2005 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	44^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	5	4.2%	79^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	1	1.2%	57^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	1	0.9%	29^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	3	2.4%	68^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	1	0.9%	40^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	4	3.4%	80^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	3	3.5%	73^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	85	3	3.5%	87^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	3	3.9%	67^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	2	4.3%	61^st
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	1	0.8%	58^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	45^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	54^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	5	5.3%	93^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	108	3	2.8%	74^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	41^st
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	6	11.8%	95^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	3	5.2%	72^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	49	7	14.3%	94^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	8	9.8%	97^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	3	2.8%	79^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	6	21.4%	90^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	3	6.0%	78^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	2	2.2%	81^st
2013 Apr-Jun	76	2	2.6%	58^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	3	3.8%	70^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	10	8.1%	83^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	54	1	1.9%	61^st
2014 Nov-Dec	96	1	1.0%	49^th
2015 Jan-Feb	63	0	0.0%	0^th