CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 9

119th Congress · Session 1 · January 21, 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: John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

The Senate recorded this as
On the Motion to Proceed PN11-19
Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 54Nay: 46100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D14400
Independent I0200
Republican R53000
Official record
How each member voted (100)
54 yea, 46 nay