Richard Burr

Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate

2013-04-16 15:03:00

WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...

Hoping to break the stalemate, Obama takes GOP senators to dinner

2013-03-07 05:00:00

President Obama had a dinner date Wednesday night with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation.� The president personally...

The challenging math of passing immigration reform

2013-01-28 10:54:00

WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...

Penn State scandal: Senators demand stronger child abuse laws

2011-12-13 16:37:08

10 more GOP senators demand answers from the NEA about teleconference

2009-09-25 16:32:37

Weekly remarks: Sen. Tom Coburn, President Obama offer different takes on healthcare

2010-02-27 04:34:48

GOP Retains Control of Congress

2004-11-03 11:56:00

WASHINGTON — Republicans retained control of both the House and Senate in Tuesday's elections, extending their decade-long domination of Capitol Hill as they swept up victories across the South and unseated Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of...

Anthony Foxx coasts through hearing to take wheel at Transportation Department

2013-05-22 16:20:05

WASHINGTON Anthony Foxx avoided the controversy of other Capitol Hill hearings Wednesday, receiving a mostly warm reception from senators who considered his nomination to become transportation secretary. Foxx probably will get easy confirmation by the...

U.S. House votes again to repeal 'Obamacare'; Coburn pushes bill against expanding Medicare

2013-05-17 07:44:02

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to repeal the Affordable Care Act -- Obamacare -- with all five House members from Oklahoma joining the majority. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn has introduced a bill to strike funding for one of the...

500 people attend ceremony to unveil centennial marker

2013-05-10 02:24:04

About 500 people attended a ceremony Thursday to unveil a marker commemorating the consolidation of the city of Winston and the town of Salem on May 9, 1913. Mayor Allen Joines told the audience that the merged community has a "strong moral fabric" that...

Lawmakers ask who knew what about bomb suspect

2013-04-24 05:19:00

BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that failure to share...

As Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered

2013-04-24 05:24:00

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had embraced a radical, anti-American strain of Islam and was the driving...

Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain , center, and Sen. Richard Burr , left, hold a campaign rally at the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center October 18, in Concord, North Carolina .

2008-10-18 00:00:00