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. Cory Booker
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. Robert Menendez
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. Martin Heinrich
NM
Democrat No
Sen. Tom Udall
NM
Democrat No
Sen. Jacky Rosen
NV
Democrat No
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
Democrat No
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
Democrat No
Sen. Rob Portman
OH
Republican Yes
Sen. James Lankford
OK
Republican Yes
Sen. James M. Inhofe
OK
Republican Yes
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat No
Sen. Jeff Merkley
OR
Democrat No
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey
PA
Republican Yes
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
Democrat No
Sen. Jack Reed
RI
Democrat No
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
Democrat No
Sen. Lindsey Graham
SC
Republican Yes
Sen. Tim Scott
SC
Republican Yes