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Former Montana Sen. Conrad Burns dead at 81

U.S. News // 7 years ago

Former Montana Sen. Conrad Burns dead at 81

Former Montana Sen. Conrad Burns, a former cattle auctioneer who served three terms, died at age 81.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Montana's ex-Sen. Burns has stroke

Conrad Burns, who represented Montana in the U.S. Senate for 18 years, was hospitalized in intensive care in Washington Thursday for a stroke, his family said.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Bush pushes filling judgeships

U.S. President George Bush, at a political rally in Billings, Mont., Thursday called for an end to the tactics that have left 50 federal judgeships vacant. In another campaign swing in advance of Tuesday's mid-term elections -- this one in support of Sen.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Tribe returns $3 million grant

An Indian tribe says it will return a $3 million federal education grant it received with the help of U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., says a report.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Top senator gives back campaign funds

Yet another U.S. lawmaker has returned campaign donations from an indicted lobbyist, despite earlier reports he would not.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Montana's Conrad Burns to seek re-election

Montana Republican Sen. Conrad Burns said he would seek re-election to a fourth term, Roll call said Thursday, ending speculation he might retire.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Senator slams USDA on mad cow tests

Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., has sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman chastising her for releasing preliminary results of mad cow tests.

Top News // 2 decades ago

Senator says US should ditch Middle East

A Republican senator said Thursday it was time for the United States to break its long-running ties with the Middle East and seek out new oil supplies both domestically and in other areas of the world. Sen. Conrad Burns of Montana said money from oil sale

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The encouragement and support we've received are a tremendous comfort to my dad and the rest of his family
Montana's ex-Sen. Burns has stroke Dec 10, 2009

Conrad Ray Burns (born January 25, 1935) is a former United States Senator from Montana. He was only the second Republican to represent Montana in the Senate since the passage in 1913 of the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution and is the longest-serving Republican senator in Montana history.

While in the Senate, Burns sat on the Senate Appropriations Committee and was the chairman of its Subcommittee on the Interior. He was also chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee's Communications subcommittee.

Burns served from January 1989 to January 2007.

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