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Richard Burr

Former

Republican · NC · U.S. Senate

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.33
Healthcare
R+0.39
Immigration & Border
R+0.71
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
R+0.55
Crime & Policing
R+0.16
Defense & Veterans
R+0.62
Economy & Labor
R+0.79
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.41
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.04
Education
R+0.74
Government & Democracy
R+0.55
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.61

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Richard Burr's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Richard Burr (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Burr's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Respect for Marriage Act
2022-11-16 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Civil Rights & Social, Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.
2022-11-15 · Joint Resolution Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.
2022-11-15 · Joint Resolution Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Maria del R. Antongiorgi-Jordan, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico
2022-11-14 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Maria del R. Antongiorgi-Jordan, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico
2022-11-14 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Arianna J. Freeman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit
2022-09-29 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023
2022-09-29 · Bill Passed · Healthcare, Economy & Labor
NAY
Arianna J. Freeman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit
2022-09-29 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023
2022-09-29 · Bill Passed · Healthcare, Economy & Labor
NAY
DISCLOSE Act of 2022
2022-09-22 · Cloture Motion Rejected · Government & Democracy
YEA
Amanda Bennett, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media
2022-09-22 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Arati Prabhakar, of California, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
2022-09-22 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations

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