CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 18

119th Congress · Session 1 · January 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: Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury

The Senate recorded this as
On the Cloture Motion PN11-1
Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 67Nay: 23Not Voting: 10100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D152208
Independent I0101
Republican R52001
Official record
How each member voted (100)
67 yea, 23 nay, 10 not voting