CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 138

119th Congress · Session 1 · March 25, 2025

A vote to end debate and allow a final vote

In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits.

What was being voted on

Nominee: Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

The Senate recorded this as
On the Cloture Motion PN13-8
Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 73Nay: 25Not Voting: 2100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D202401
Independent I1100
Republican R52001
Official record
How each member voted (100)
73 yea, 25 nay, 2 not voting