1. Theodore Paul Budd was born on October 21,1971 and is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator for North Carolina since 2023.
22 Facts About Ted Budd
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Ted Budd defeated the Democratic nominee, Cheri Beasley, and subsequently took office on January 3,2023.
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Ted Budd then went to Appalachian State University, where received a Bachelor of Science in business administration in 1994.
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Ted Budd later received a master of theology from the Dallas Theological Seminary in 1998 and a master of business administration from the Wake Forest University School of Business in 2007.
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Ted Budd owns a gun store in Rural Hall, North Carolina.
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Ted Budd ran as one of 17 candidates in the ensuing Republican primary for the 13th district in the 2016 elections.
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Ted Budd's home had previously been in the 5th district but had been drawn into the 13th district.
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Ted Budd voted for the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, which he said would open up more markets for North Carolina agricultural products.
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Ted Budd opposed the American Rescue Plan Act, the Build Back Better Act, and the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act under President Biden.
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At the convening of the 118th Congress on January 3,2023, Ted Budd was sworn in as North Carolina's junior US Senator.
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Ted Budd was one of five new Republican senators to take office that day.
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In March 2023, Ted Budd introduced the Seeing Objects at Altitude Regularly Act, co-sponsored by Senator Mark Kelly, legislation that would require the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations within two years mandating equipping high-altitude balloons operating at 10,000 feet above sea level or higher with tracking systems to transmit location, altitude, and identity.
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In 2022, Budd voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which requires states and the federal government to recognize the validity of same-sex and interracial marriages if they were legal in the jurisdiction where they were performed.
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In December 2020, Budd was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at the United States Supreme Court.
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On January 6,2021, Budd was one of 147 Republican lawmakers who objected to the certification of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, forcing an emergency recess of Congress.
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Ted Budd opposes the For the People Act, a Democratic bill intended to expand voting rights.
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Ted Budd said that the bill undermines election integrity by expanding "no excuse" absentee voting and weakening voter ID requirements.
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Ted Budd said that the bill would allow minors to vote.
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In 2020, Budd voted against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, which would prevent the president from withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan without congressional approval.
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In 2021, Ted Budd was one of 14 Republican representatives to vote against a measure condemning the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat.
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In 2022, Ted Budd was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.
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Ted Budd met his wife, Amy Kate Adams, on a mission to the Soviet Union in 1991.