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Senate Roll Call 261

119th Congress · Session 1 · May 19, 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: Charles Kushner, of New York, to be Ambassador to the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco

The Senate recorded this as
On the Nomination PN24-4
Result: Nomination Confirmed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 51Nay: 45Not Voting: 4100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D14202
Independent I0200
Republican R50102
Official record
How each member voted (100)
51 yea, 45 nay, 4 not voting