I hope someone does an oral history of Burrows' career, because multi-cam sitcom direction is an art that I don't profess to understand fully, and I'd love to hear from actors and writers about what he did and how. I do know he was reputed to have a famous ear for what worked and didn't in a script.

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|North Carolina District 8
Mark Harris
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Voting Record — 593
Yes75%
No25%
Present0%
Not Voting0%
Party align93%
Cross-party1%

Mark Harris
U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanNorth Carolina District 8
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James Burrows was not a giant in sitcom directing. He was THE giant. The primary director of Cheers and Taxi. The only director (I believe) of Will & Grace. The director whose pilots for Friends, Third Rock, Frasier, and Big Bang Theory got them on the air. The king. RIP. people.com/james-burrow...
Firing hundreds of intelligence people doesn’t seem like a great move the week after you lost a war, but what do I know?
First things first. Pulte demands top level security clearance, a government plane & security detail before his first day on the job. Another Trump appointee with his priorities straight.
www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/p...
Or he may be influenced by things that were influenced by those movies--second-hand or trickle-down influence happens a lot with young filmmakers.
This is like the makeup on his hands—thick, clumsy, obvious, and destined to call attention to the very thing it’s attempting to conceal.
The fight over the Kennedy Center—and Trump's enormous, humiliating fig leaf—as parable. It's fights like this as far as the eye can see. www.offmessage.net/p/detrumpifi...
Going to take it as a HUGE compliment that I grossed you out.
You win. Or lose, I'm not sure which, but congratulations.
It's disgusting!
Seeing it in a couple of days.
From age 6 to age 11, I mixed Coca-Cola with whole milk 1:1 and drank it at virtually every meal. I'm pretty sure it's why I'm 5'8", not 5'11".
(I do not and would not do this anymore.)
Finally caught up with Backrooms. There are many current movies that make me depressed about the future of film. This is not one of them. It's uneven, but phenomenally assured and, unlike a lot of horror, genuinely nightmarish. Academy should at least remember it for production design.
The White House's refusal to condemn this is a reminder that, besides being appalling people, they're political imbeciles. It repels a solid majority of Americans, but this feckless, hopeless administration is too eager to score points with racists and too scared to "give libs a win" to notice.
This is pretty mild stuff and yeah, it shouldn’t happen, but if you’re using it to make the case that New York is some kind of chaotic hell pit, don’t pretend you know the city or its people.
NO NEW YORK, NO NEW YORK, NO!
Times Sq. shooting, 4 stabbings, 12 MTA buses vandalized, 5 World Cup shuttles torched after Knicks Finals win
"Unnaceptable," NYNJ Host Committee sez
"A few incidents" w/ "unacceptable" antics, per Mamdami
NEW n @thecity.nyc www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/14/k...
"It's happening, Knicks fans! It's happening!!" This is a treat--the delightful Knicks Radio team of Tyler Murray and Monica McNutt calls the end of Game 5 (start at about 8:30). www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYxq...
Love that NYCers are taking five seconds out of our absolute elation to hate Jim Dolan.
The last time I felt this good about basketball, I was nine.
Also, if anyone out there sees em-dashes in my work and accuses me of using AI, I can promise them a tongue-lashing that nobody on earth will doubt was generated by a human being whose flaws go to his very core! I WILL make them cry, and then make them cry again hours later just from remembering.
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Voting History
593 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | H. Con. Res. 61 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-12-17 | H. Res. 953 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-17 | H. Res. 953 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-16 | H.R. 3632 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-16 | H.R. 3632 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-12-16 | H.R. 4371 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-16 | H.R. 4371 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-12-16 | H. Res. 951 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-16 | H. Res. 951 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-16 | H.R. 3187 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-15 | S. 284 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-12-12 | H.R. 3668 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-12 | H.R. 3668 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-12-11 | H.R. 2550 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-11 | H. Res. 432 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-11 | H.R. 3898 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-11 | H.R. 3898 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-12-11 | H.R. 3383 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-11 | H.R. 3383 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-12-11 | H.R. 3383 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-12-11 | H.R. 3383 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | NO | ✕ | Failed |
| 2025-12-11 | H.R. 3638 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-11 | H.R. 3628 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-11 | H. Res. 939 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-10 | H. Res. 432 (119th) | Motion to Discharge | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-10 | S. 1071 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-10 | S. 1071 (119th) | Motion to Commit | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-12-10 | H. Res. 936 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-10 | H. Res. 936 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-10 | H.R. 1676 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-09 | S. 356 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-04 | H.R. 1049 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-04 | H.R. 1069 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-03 | H.R. 1005 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-03 | H.R. 4305 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-03 | H.R. 2965 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-02 | H. Res. 916 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-02 | H. Res. 916 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-02 | H.R. 4423 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-01 | H.R. 5348 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 1949 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 3109 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H. Res. 893 (119th) | Motion to Refer | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 6019 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 4058 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 5107 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 5214 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-19 | H. Res. 888 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-11-19 | S.J. Res. 80 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-19 | H.J. Res. 131 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.