CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 13

119th Congress · Session 1 · January 23, 2025

The vote on whether to confirm a Presidential appointee

The Senate deciding whether a person the President chose gets the job — a judge, a cabinet secretary, an ambassador. Only the Senate does this; the House has no part in it.

What was being voted on

Nominee: John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

The Senate recorded this as
On the Nomination PN11-19
Result: Nomination Confirmed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 74Nay: 25Not Voting: 1100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D202401
Independent I1100
Republican R53000
Official record
How each member voted (100)
74 yea, 25 nay, 1 not voting