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 descending Party Vote
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
HI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Brian Schatz
HI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
IA
Republican No
Sen. Joni Ernst
IA
Republican No
Sen. Jim Risch
ID
Republican No
Sen. Michael D. Crapo
ID
Republican No
Sen. Richard J. Durbin
IL
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mike Braun
IN
Republican No
Sen. Todd Young
IN
Republican No
Sen. Jerry Moran
KS
Republican No
Sen. Roger Marshall
KS
Republican No
Sen. Rand Paul
KY
Republican No
Sen. Mitch McConnell
KY
Republican No
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
Republican No
Sen. John Kennedy
LA
Republican Not Voting
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
MA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Edward J. Markey
MA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
MD
Democrat Yes
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
Democrat Yes