Sen. Richard Burr

State:: North Carolina
Seniority:: Senior
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2005-2017	Senator, North Carolina
1995-2004	Representative, North Carolina's 5^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Burr is a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Burr’s bills have had a total of 85 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Burr to other members of the Senate on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Richard Burr sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
- Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2005 to Mar 2014, Burr missed 84 of 2,853 roll call votes, which is 2.9%. This is worse than the median of 1.8% 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%	62^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	40^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	5	4.2%	80^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	1	1.2%	46^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	1	0.9%	35^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%	69^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	1	0.9%	38^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	4	3.4%	75^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	3	3.5%	79^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	3	3.5%	86^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	3	3.9%	65^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	2	4.3%	60^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	1	0.8%	57^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	43^rd
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	58^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	5	5.3%	91^st
2010 Jan-Mar	108	3	2.8%	75^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	38^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	6	11.8%	96^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	3	5.2%	73^rd
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%	77^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	6	21.4%	92^nd
2012 Nov-Dec	50	3	6.0%	75^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	2	2.2%	76^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	2	2.6%	55^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	3	3.8%	68^th
2014 Jan-Mar	78	0	0.0%	0^th