Nomination of Kristen Clarke for Assistant Attorney General

May. 25, 2021 | 203

The AFL-CIO supported the confirmation of Kristen Clarke to serve as assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, the division charged with enforcing federal statutes that aim to protect everyone in the country from discriminatory treatment. As the former president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Clarke is the ideal person to lead this work, which remains as consequential today as when the division was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The Senate confirmed Clarke’s nomination on May 25, 2021

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Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 51
NAYs: 48

Legislator Sort descending State Party Vote
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat Yes
Sen. John Barrasso
WY
Republican No
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
TN
Republican No
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Roy Blunt
MO
Republican No
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
Democrat Yes
Sen. John Boozman
AR
Republican No
Sen. Mike Braun
IN
Republican No
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Richard M. Burr
NC
Republican No
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat Yes
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
Republican No
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
Democrat Yes
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
Democrat Yes
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
Republican No
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
Republican Yes
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
Democrat Yes
Sen. John Cornyn
TX
Republican No