13 Senate Democrats Vote to Advance Trump Nominee During Shutdown

[aocommunalpunch]

Thirteen Senate Democrats voted alongside Republicans Tuesday to instate a conservative judge to the Northern District of Alabama.

The Senate voted 66–32 in favor of confirming Harold “Hal” Mooty III as a U.S. district judge. Donald Trump nominated Mooty last month, and his confirmation needed a simple majority in the Senate.

The Democrats that voted in favor include:

Senators Chris Coons (Delaware)
Dick Durbin (Illinois)
John Fetterman (Pennsylvania)
Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire)
Martin Heinrich (New Mexico)
Tim Kaine (Virginia)
Mark Kelly (Arizona)
Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)
Jack Reed (Rhode Island)
Adam Schiff (California)
Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
Peter Welch (Vermont)
Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island)

Read more: https://newrepublic.com/post/202072/13-senate-democrats-vote-donald-trump-nominee-shutdown

[WhiteTara]

1. Is this the Nazi?

[markodochartaigh]

3. "Is this the Nazi?"

I'm sorry, you will have to be a little more specific. Which nazi?

[Wuddles440]

6. They're really all nazis,...

but you're probably referring to his most recent nominee for Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia.

[WhiteTara]

7. yes. yes I am

[leftstreet]

2. I thought the Gubmint was closed

[Celerity]

4. Angus King also voted to confirm.

[questionseverything]

5. Why are we giving them anything?

[Celerity]

8. centrist institutionalists' normalcy bias would be my first guess

[questionseverything]

9. If that means, same ole shit, different day, I agree

[Celerity]

12. pretty much

[themaguffin]

10. WTF

[Cha]

11. WHY!! WHY Vote for a "judge" who "has

symbolically pledged his allegiance to Traitor. .

I see my Senators did NOT for fucking mooty.

GD Twilight Zone

[Passages]

13. This vote will encourage voters to vote? Ok

SUMMARY:
In August 2025, President Trump nominated Harold “Hal” Mooty to the Northern District of Alabama. Mooty is
a partner at the law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, where he focuses on contract disputes and
business torts with a focus on health care clients accused of “medical malpractice and civil rights violations.”
Mooty is the son of lawyer and fossil fuel lobbyist Harold Dean Mooty Jr., who lobbied for Petroleum
Convenience Marketers of Alabama.
If confirmed, Mooty would likely be a conservative voice on the bench for decades to come

https://accountable.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Harold-Mooty-Backgrounder.pdf

[kacekwl]

14. Sometimes I just want to shake the

living shit out of these people. Good grief.