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 ascending State Party Vote
Sen. Todd Young
IN
Republican No
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat Yes
Sen. Roger Wicker
MS
Republican No
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
MA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Raphael Warnock
GA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mark Warner
VA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
MD
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tommy Tuberville
AL
Republican No
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey
PA
Republican No
Sen. Thom Tillis
NC
Republican No
Sen. John Thune
SD
Republican No
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Dan Sullivan
AK
Republican No
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
MI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tina Smith
MN
Democrat Yes
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
ID ID Yes
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
AL
Republican No
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
NH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tim Scott
SC
Republican No