Former senator · North Carolina

Richard Burr

Richard Burr served in Congress from 1995 to 2023, last as a Republican senator from North Carolina. In the 117th Congress, 949 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 132, and cast 505 of 658 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
Senate
Former
In Congress since
Jan 4, 1995
Last term ended
Jan 3, 2023
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
117th CongressSenate94913.9%132 of 949 · rank 2 of 10077%505 of 658 · rank 91 of 100231 became law44%79 of 180

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 117th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.43+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8404: Respect for Marriage ActYea
    Nov 29, 2022· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 61–36· Against party
  2. H.R. 6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
    Sep 29, 2022· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 72–25· Against party
  3. H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022Nay
    Mar 10, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 35–64· Against party
  4. H.R. 6119: Further Extending Government Funding ActYea
    Dec 2, 2021· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 69–28· Against party
  5. H.R. 5305: Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance ActYea
    Sep 30, 2021· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 65–35· Against party
  6. S.Con.Res. 14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031.Nay
    Aug 10, 2021· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 28–71· Against party
  7. H.R. 3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ActYea
    Aug 10, 2021· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 69–30· Against party
  8. H.R. 3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ActYea
    Aug 8, 2021· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 69–28· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 93–4
  2. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 90–6
  3. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 88–8
  4. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 92–5
  5. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 73–24
  6. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 40–57
  7. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 44–53
  8. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–50
  9. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 10–87
  10. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–50
  11. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–63
  12. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Not voting
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–63

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

23 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced1878%
  2. Passed one chamber417%
  3. Became law14.3%

Policy areas

  1. Health7
  2. Taxation4
  3. Armed Forces and National Security3
  4. Government Operations and Politics2
  5. Public Lands and Natural Resources2
  6. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues1
  7. Education1
  8. Environmental Protection1

Latest activity

  1. S. 450 Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021
    Became law· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Jan 5, 2023
  2. S.Res. 833 A resolution designating September 24, 2022, through October 2, 2022, as "Blue Star Welcome Week".
    Passed one chamber· Armed Forces and National Security· Nov 15, 2022
  3. S. 4944 Firewood Banks Act of 2022
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 29, 2022
  4. S.J.Res. 61 A joint resolution to provide for the resolution of issues in a railway labor-management dispute, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Labor and Employment· Sep 12, 2022
  5. S. 2736 RPM Act of 2021
    Introduced· Environmental Protection· Sep 7, 2022
  6. S. 4568 Renewable Natural Gas Incentive Act of 2022
    Introduced· Taxation· Jul 20, 2022
  7. S. 4535 FDASRA Act of 2022
    Introduced· Health· Jul 14, 2022
  8. S. 4449 Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act
    Introduced· Health· Jun 22, 2022

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2022 cycle

Raised
$154.4K
through Nov 15, 2022
Cash on hand
$0
From committees
$48.9K
13 committees
From contractor PACs
$5,000
1 PACs · 10% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2022

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
honeywell internationalhoneywell international political action committee$5,000HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · North CarolinaJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2023
  2. Senate · North CarolinaJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2017
  3. Senate · North CarolinaJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2011
  4. House · North Carolina's 5th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  5. House · North Carolina's 5th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  6. House · North Carolina's 5th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  7. House · North Carolina's 5th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999
  8. House · North Carolina's 5th districtJan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.