Nomination of Allison Jones Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Mar. 5, 2019

Judge Allison Jones Rushing has dedicated her brief legal career to representing corporations and advancing corporate interests over the rights of working people and is too inexperienced to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Nevertheless, Judge Rushing's nomination was confirmed on March 5, 2019.

Legislative Alert

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 53
NAYs: 44

Legislator State Party Vote
Sen. Lamar Alexander
TN
 Republican Yes
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
 Democrat No
Sen. John Barrasso
WY
 Republican Yes
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
 Democrat No
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
TN
 Republican Yes
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
 Democrat No
Sen. Roy Blunt
MO
 Republican Yes
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
 Democrat No
Sen. John Boozman
AR
 Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Braun
IN
 Republican Yes
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
 Democrat No
Sen. Richard M. Burr
NC
 Republican Yes
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat No
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
 Republican Yes
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
 Democrat No
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
 Democrat No
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
 Democrat No
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
 Republican Yes
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
 Republican Yes
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
 Democrat No
2019 Senate Key Votes
  1. Nomination of Allison Jones Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  2. Nomination of Chad Readler to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  3. Nomination of Eric Murphy to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  4. Nomination of Naomi Rao to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
  5. Nomination of Michael Truncale to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas
  6. Nomination of Michael Park to the U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit
  7. Nomination of Kenneth Lee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  8. Nomination of Howard Nielson to the U.S. District Court of Utah
  9. Nomination of Matthew Kacsmaryk to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  10. Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act
  11. Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019
  12. Resolution to Insist on Paid Family Leave for Federal Personnel
  13. Nomination of Eugene Scalia for Secretary of Labor
  14. Nomination of Justin Walker to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
  15. Resolution to Repeal a Regulation That Allows the Sale of Junk Health Insurance Plans
  16. Nomination of Steven Menashi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  17. Nomination of Lawrence VanDyke to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  18. Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
  19. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020