CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 61

119th Congress · Session 1 · February 20, 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: 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 Nomination PN12-35
Result: Nomination Confirmed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 51Nay: 49100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04500
Independent I0200
Republican R51200
Official record
How each member voted (100)
51 yea, 49 nay