Members of Congress / Quentin Burdick
Biographical InformationBURDICK, Quentin Northrup, (son of Usher L. Burdick, husband of Jocelyn Birch Burdick), a Representative and a Senator from North Dakota; born in Munich, Cavalier County, N.Dak., June 19, 1908; attended the public schools; graduated, University of Minnesota 1931 and from the law department of the same university 1932; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Fargo, N.Dak.; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress and served from January 3, 1959, until his resignation August 8, 1960; elected to the United States Senate June 28, 1960, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Langer; reelected in 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, and again in 1988 and served from August 8, 1960 until his death in Fargo, N. Dak., September 8, 1992; chairman, Committee on Environment and Public Works (One Hundredth through One Hundred Second Congresses). (Source.) More coverage of Quentin Burdick on washingtonpost.com Roles in Congress
· 102nd Congress: Senator, North Dakota, Democratic.
Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993. |
Last Votes
| Date | Vote | Position | GOP opinion | DEM opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 189: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA For SP2938; To delete certain provisions of the bill and authorize spending for four urban initiatives. | Not Voting | No | No | |
| Vote 188: On the Motion: Motion To Waive ; To amend the Internal Revenue Act of 1986 to provide for a maximum long-term capital gains rate of 15 percent and indexing of certain capital assets, and for other purposes. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 187: H R 11: Chafee Amendment No. 2933; Striking the IRA provisions. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 186: S RES 330: S.Res.330 As Modified And Amended; An original resolution relating to authorization of multinational action in Bosnia-Hercegovina under Article 42 of the United Nations Charter. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 185: S RES 330: Stevens Amendment No. 2929; To express the sense of the Senate regarding authorization of multilateral action in Bosnia-Hercegovina under Article 42 of the United Nations charter. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 184: S RES 330: Warner Amendment No. 2925; To express the Senate's support for the measures announced by the President. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 183: On the Motion: Motion To Proceed To Carnes Nom. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 182: S 3114: Sasser Amendment No. 2918; To reduce the amount provided for the Strategic Defense Initiative. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 181: S 3114: Nunn Amendment No. 2916; To require prompt implementation of the defense conversion and transition assistance provisions and authorities. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 180: H R 4312: Bilingual Ballot Bill - H.R. 4312; Voting Rights Language Assistance Act of 1992 | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 179: H R 4312: Simpson Amdt. 2915; To require federal funding for the costs of compliance. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 178: H R 4312: Simpson Amendment No. 2911; To modify the application of the bilingual voting requirements and require certain studies. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 177: H R 5503: Jeffords Amdt. No. 2905; To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a domestic livestock grazing fee for certain lands for the grazing season that commences on March 1, 1993. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 176: H R 5503: Gorton Amendment No.2904; To allow salvage timber sales in Habitat Conservation Areas and other habitat for the northern spotted owl on forests in Washington, Oregon, and California. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 175: H R 5503: Motion To Table S.Amdt. 2903; To modify the procedure for appeals of decisions of the Forest Service. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 174: H R 5503: Fowler Amdt. No. 2902; To reform the administrative decisionmaking and appeals processes of the Forest Service. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 173: H R 5503: Fowler Amendment No. 2901; To reduce funding for timber sales preparation for certain forests in the National Forest System and to limit the quantity of timber from the National Forest System that may be sold at less than cost. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 172: H R 5503: Reid Amendment No. 2882; To make improvements in mining law. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 171: H R 5518: H.R.5518 As Amended; Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,1993 | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 170: H R 5518: Bond Amdt. No. 2884; To remove the minimum allocation program from Federal-aid highways limitation on obligations. | Not Voting | No | No |
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