Source: Rob Christensen, NEWS & OBSERVER, 12/16/14



When Republican Sen. Richard Burr becomes chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in January, it will be the first major Senate committee chairmanship held by a Tar Heel since the retirement of the late Jesse Helms. Burr’s elevation is the exception. North Carolina’s congressional delegation will have less seniority than at any time in the last 100 years. 

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