Senate Roll Call 15

119th Congress · Session 1 · January 24, 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: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense

The Senate recorded this as
On the Nomination PN11-7
Result: Nomination Confirmed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.

The Senate split 50–50. The Vice President of the United States broke the tie by voting Yea, which is what decided it.

Yea: 50Nay: 50100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04500
Independent I0200
Republican R50300
How each member voted (100)
50 yea, 50 nay