CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 56

119th Congress · Session 1 · February 18, 2025

A vote on whether to start debating something

This decides only whether the chamber takes the measure up at all. Nothing about the measure itself has been decided when it passes.

What was being voted on

Nominee: Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of ten years

The Senate recorded this as
On the Motion to Proceed PN12-35
Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 48Nay: 45Not Voting: 7100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04302
Independent I0200
Republican R48005
Official record
How each member voted (100)
48 yea, 45 nay, 7 not voting