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 Sort ascending Party Vote
Sen. John Barrasso
WY
Republican No
Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis
WY
Republican No
Sen. Joe Manchin III
WV
Democrat Yes
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
Republican No
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Ron Johnson
WI
Republican No
Sen. Patty Murray Democrat Yes
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat Yes
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
VT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Bernard Sanders
VT
ID ID Yes
Sen. Mark Warner
VA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tim Kaine
VA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mike Lee
UT
Republican No
Sen. Mitt Romney
UT
Republican No
Sen. Ted Cruz
TX
Republican No
Sen. John Cornyn
TX
Republican No
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
TN
Republican No
Sen. Bill Hagerty
TN
Republican No
Sen. John Thune
SD
Republican No
Sen. Mike Rounds
SD
Republican No