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RIP - "Conrad Burns, former U.S. Senator of Montana, dies at 81." Christopher Mele and Daniel Victor with the N.Y. Times obit: "Conrad Burns, a former Montana livestock auctioneer with a penchant for speaking plainly who catapulted from county commissioner to United States senator, died on Thursday at his home in Billings, Mont. He was 81. His death was confirmed by Mark Baker, his former staff director and counsel in the Senate. Mr. Burns served three terms in the Senate, where he worked on telecommunications legislation, focusing on access in rural areas, and influenced policies on energy and federal land management."

"After serving just two years as a commissioner in Yellowstone County, he defeated an incumbent Democratic senator, John Melcher, in 1988. In 1994, Mr. Burns became the first Republican senator in Montana history to be re-elected. His ways might have been out of step with the traditional character of the Senate - The Billings Gazette noted that he would chew tobacco and occasionally pick his teeth with a pocketknife - but that did not stop him from assuming influential positions. He served on the Senate Appropriations Committee, where he helped funnel millions of dollars to Montana. As chairman of a communications subcommittee, he pushed for the installation of broadband in rural areas, new Internet and cellphone technologies and legislation to combat spam email." http://nyti.ms/1SFO3vv


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