Richard Burr significance testing: Two days left
Submitted by James on Sun, 08/29/2010 - 1:17pm
It was almost a month ago that we established a reward for the person who could come up something of significance that Richard Burr has done during his 16 years in Congress. Here is the original post, setting the reward at $100, hoping that someone somewhere could come up with bona fide evidence of accomplishment. The prize was later bumped up to $250 to lure Burr boosters to come to the defense of their hero. None have.
Later this week, we'll post a poll so anyone (including people who are not registered at BlueNC) can vote on which of the submissions received are considered noteworthy.
- Graduate to a better future act
- Make the world less safe from nuclear weapons act
- Expanding the war on terror
- Military families residency relief act
Only two of these submissions (flushing more money on the war on terror and the military families act) represent legislation actually passed by Congress for which Burr was the lead sponsor. The poll will be short.
Sixteen years in Congress. Two pieces of legislation that might be considered meaningful. That's Richard Burr in a very sad nutshell.
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Burr was actually the lead sponsor on his amendment
More about the Burr Amendment.
The Bill is the Energy Policy Act of 2005 - a very important piece of legislation. Burr was one of 14 senators on the conference committee, and that's where the Burr Amendment came back into the bill after it was voted down in the Senate version of the bill. The language is the same.
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