CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 143

119th Congress · Session 1 · March 25, 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: Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services

The Senate recorded this as
On the Nomination PN12-28
Result: Nomination Confirmed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 56Nay: 44100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D34200
Independent I0200
Republican R53000
Official record
How each member voted (100)
56 yea, 44 nay