CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 10

119th Congress · Session 1 · January 21, 2025

A vote on whether to start debating something

This decides only whether the chamber takes the measure up at all. Nothing about the measure itself has been decided when it passes.

What was being voted on

Nominee: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense

The Senate recorded this as
On the Motion to Proceed PN11-7
Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 53Nay: 45Not Voting: 2100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D14301
Independent I0200
Republican R52001
Official record
How each member voted (100)
53 yea, 45 nay, 2 not voting