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 State Party Sort descending Vote
Sen. Gary Peters
MI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Margaret Hassan
NH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat Yes
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Alex Padilla
CA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jon Ossoff
GA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
Democrat Yes
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
MA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Patty Murray Democrat Yes
Sen. Raphael Warnock
GA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy
CT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mark Warner
VA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
MD
Democrat Yes
Sen. Richard J. Durbin
IL
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jeff Merkley
OR
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat Yes
Sen. Robert Menendez
NJ
Democrat Yes