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 Party Sort descending Vote
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat No
Sen. Gary Peters
MI
Democrat No
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat No
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat No
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
Democrat No
Sen. Patty Murray Democrat No
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
MA
Democrat No
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy
CT
Democrat No
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
Democrat No
Sen. Mark Warner
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
MD
Democrat No
Sen. Tom Udall
NM
Democrat No
Sen. Jeff Merkley
OR
Democrat No
Sen. Richard J. Durbin
IL
Democrat No
Sen. Robert Menendez
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat No
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
Democrat No
Sen. Edward J. Markey
MA
Democrat No
Sen. Joe Manchin III
WV
Democrat No