Roll call: Here's how WNC's members of Congress voted the week of Sept. 2-8

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WASHINGTON - Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.

There were no key votes in the House this week.

Senate votes

Sens. Richard Burr, left, and Thom Tillis
Sens. Richard Burr, left, and Thom Tillis

Senate Vote 1: APPEALS COURT JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of John Z. Lee to be a judge on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Lee, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois since 2012,was previously a private practice lawyer in Chicago and, in the early 1990s, a Justice Department lawyer. A supporter, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said of Lee: "During his time on the bench, he always applied the law to the facts before him in an evenhanded and fair fashion." The vote, on Sept. 7, was 50 yeas to 44 nays. NOT VOTING: Burr R-NC. NAYS: Tillis R-NC.

Senate Vote 2: SECOND APPEALS COURT JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Andre Mathis to be a judge on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mathis has been a private practice lawyer in Memphis, Tenn., since 2007. A supporter, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called Mathis "a person of outstanding credentials and integrity to serve the community that raised him." The vote, on Sept. 8, was 48 yeas to 47 nays. NOT VOTING: Burr R-NC. NAYS: Tillis R-NC.

This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: Here's how WNC's members of Congress voted the week of Sept. 2-8