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 State Sort descending Party Vote
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
Republican No
Sen. Angus King
ME
ID ID No
Sen. Gary Peters
MI
Democrat No
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
MI
Democrat No
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
MN
Democrat No
Sen. Tina Smith
MN
Democrat No
Sen. Joshua Hawley
MO
Republican Yes
Sen. Roy Blunt
MO
Republican Yes
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
Republican Yes
Sen. Roger Wicker
MS
Republican Yes
Sen. Steve Daines
MT
Republican Yes
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
Democrat No
Sen. Richard M. Burr
NC
Republican Yes
Sen. Thom Tillis
NC
Republican Yes
Sen. John Hoeven
ND
Republican Yes
Sen. Kevin Cramer
ND
Republican Yes
Sen. Ben Sasse
NE
Republican Yes
Sen. Deb Fischer
NE
Republican Yes
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
NH
Democrat No
Sen. Margaret Hassan
NH
Democrat No