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. Jim Risch
ID
Republican No
Sen. Roy Blunt
MO
Republican No
Sen. Rob Portman
OH
Republican No
Sen. Joshua Hawley
MO
Republican No
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
TN
Republican No
Sen. Todd Young
IN
Republican No
Sen. Rand Paul
KY
Republican No
Sen. Bill Hagerty
TN
Republican No
Sen. John Barrasso
WY
Republican No
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
IA
Republican No
Sen. Roger Wicker
MS
Republican No
Sen. Lindsey Graham
SC
Republican No
Sen. Deb Fischer
NE
Republican No
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
AK
Republican No
Sen. Jerry Moran
KS
Republican No
Sen. Joni Ernst
IA
Republican No
Sen. Tommy Tuberville
AL
Republican No
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey
PA
Republican No
Sen. Mitch McConnell
KY
Republican No
Sen. Steve Daines
MT
Republican No