Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court

Oct. 26, 2020

The AFL-CIO opposed the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for associate justice for the Supreme Court. The speed with which Judge Barrett’s nomination was processed was offensive and violated any sense of fairness and non-partisanship, which should be the hallmark of filling a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Despite having refused to consider President Obama’s nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, for more than nine months until after the 2016 election, Mitch McConnell, who was then the Senate majority leader, rushed Barrett’s confirmation through in record time when the American people were already voting in large numbers in the 2020 presidential election. Coney Barrett’s nomination was confirmed on Oct. 26, 2020.

Legislative Alert

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 52
NAYs: 48

Legislator Sort descending State Party Vote
Sen. John Cornyn
TX
Republican Yes
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
Democrat No
Sen. Tom Cotton
AR
Republican Yes
Sen. Kevin Cramer
ND
Republican Yes
Sen. Michael D. Crapo
ID
Republican Yes
Sen. Ted Cruz
TX
Republican Yes
Sen. Steve Daines
MT
Republican Yes
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat No
Sen. Richard J. Durbin
IL
Democrat No
Sen. Michael B. Enzi
WY
Republican Yes
Sen. Joni Ernst
IA
Republican Yes
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
Democrat No
Sen. Deb Fischer
NE
Republican Yes
Sen. Cory Gardner
CO
Republican Yes
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Lindsey Graham
SC
Republican Yes
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
IA
Republican Yes
Sen. Kamala Harris
CA
Democrat No
Sen. Margaret Hassan
NH
Democrat No
Sen. Joshua Hawley
MO
Republican Yes