Nomination of Howard Nielson to the U.S. District Court of Utah

May. 22, 2019

The AFL-CIO opposes the nomination of Howard Nielson to serve on the United States District Court of Utah. In our view, his record of extreme ideological partisanship makes him an unfit candidate. His nomination was confirmed on May 22, 2019.

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This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 51
NAYs: 47

Legislator State Party Vote
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
AK
 Republican Yes
Sen. Dan Sullivan
AK
 Republican Yes
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
AL
 Republican Yes
Sen. Doug Jones
AL
 Democrat No
Sen. Tom Cotton
AR
 Republican Yes
Sen. John Boozman
AR
 Republican Yes
Sen. Martha McSally
AZ
 Republican Yes
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
 ID ID No
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
 Democrat No
Sen. Kamala Harris
CA
 Democrat Not Voting
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
 Democrat No
Sen. Cory Gardner
CO
 Republican Yes
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy
CT
 Democrat No
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
 Democrat No
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
 Democrat No
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
 Democrat No
Sen. Rick Scott
FL
 Republican Yes
Sen. Marco Rubio
FL
 Republican Yes
Sen. David Perdue
GA
 Republican Yes
Sen. Johnny Isakson
GA
 Republican Yes
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