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. Susan Collins
ME
Republican Yes
Sen. Angus King
ME
ID ID Yes
Sen. Gary Peters
MI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
MI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tina Smith
MN
Democrat Yes
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
MN
Democrat Yes
Sen. Roy Blunt
MO
Republican No
Sen. Joshua Hawley
MO
Republican No
Sen. Roger Wicker
MS
Republican No
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
Republican No
Sen. Steve Daines
MT
Republican No
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Thom Tillis
NC
Republican No
Sen. Richard M. Burr
NC
Republican No
Sen. Kevin Cramer
ND
Republican No
Sen. John Hoeven
ND
Republican No
Sen. Deb Fischer
NE
Republican No
Sen. Ben Sasse
NE
Republican No
Sen. Margaret Hassan
NH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
NH
Democrat Yes