CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 494

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

The Senate recorded this as
On the Nomination PN12-26
Result: Nomination Confirmed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 78Nay: 17Not Voting: 5100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D271602
Independent I1100
Republican R50003
Official record
How each member voted (100)
78 yea, 17 nay, 5 not voting