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. Edward J. Markey
MA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Joe Manchin III
WV
Democrat Yes
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
MI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Ben Ray Luján
NM
Democrat Yes
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tina Smith
MN
Democrat Yes
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
VT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
NH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
MN
Democrat Yes
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
Democrat Yes
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
NY
Democrat Yes
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
Democrat Yes
Sen. Brian Schatz
HI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mark Kelly
AZ
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tim Kaine
VA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat Yes
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
Democrat Yes