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. Thom Tillis
NC
Republican No
Sen. Roger Marshall
KS
Republican No
Sen. Ted Cruz
TX
Republican No
Sen. John Thune
SD
Republican No
Sen. Michael D. Crapo
ID
Republican No
Sen. Kevin Cramer
ND
Republican No
Sen. Dan Sullivan
AK
Republican No
Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis
WY
Republican No
Sen. Tom Cotton
AR
Republican No
Sen. Mike Lee
UT
Republican No
Sen. John Cornyn
TX
Republican No
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
AL
Republican No
Sen. James Lankford
OK
Republican No
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
Republican Yes
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
Republican No
Sen. Tim Scott
SC
Republican No
Sen. Rick Scott
FL
Republican No
Sen. John Kennedy
LA
Republican Not Voting
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
Republican No
Sen. Ben Sasse
NE
Republican No