Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
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How They Voted

Here’s how U.S. Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-5) and Patrick McHenry (R-10) and U.S. Senators Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) voted recently.

In the House: Foxx and McHenry

Water Quality Investment Act—The House passed this $1.7 billion bill intended to help communities modernize their wastewater systems—Vote Passed (367-58, 8 not voting)

Virginia Foxx voted no; Patrick McHenry voted no

Water Quality Financing Act of 2007—This House bill would provide $14 billion for wastewater treatment plant improvements—Vote Passed (303-108, 22 not voting)

Virginia Foxx voted no; Patrick McHenry voted no

In the Senate: Dole and Burr

Airport Screener Amendment—During consideration of the 9/11 Commission bill, the Senate approved this amendment that would give Transportation Security Administration airport screeners the right to unionize—Vote Agreed to (51-48, 1 not voting)

Elizabeth Dole voted no; Richard Burr voted no