CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 493

119th Congress · Session 1 · August 2, 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: Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

The Senate recorded this as
On the Cloture Motion PN12-26
Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 76Nay: 19Not Voting: 5100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D251802
Independent I1100
Republican R50003
Official record
How each member voted (100)
76 yea, 19 nay, 5 not voting