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. Jacky Rosen
NV
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
HI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
Democrat Yes
Sen. John Hickenlooper
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jack Reed
RI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Martin Heinrich
NM
Democrat Yes
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
ID ID Yes
Sen. Angus King
ME
ID ID Yes
Sen. Bernard Sanders
VT
ID ID Yes
Sen. Todd Young
IN
Republican No
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
TN
Republican No
Sen. Rand Paul
KY
Republican No
Sen. Bill Hagerty
TN
Republican No
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
IA
Republican No
Sen. Roger Wicker
MS
Republican No
Sen. John Barrasso
WY
Republican No
Sen. Lindsey Graham
SC
Republican No
Sen. Deb Fischer
NE
Republican No
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
AK
Republican No