119th Congress · PN11-1 · Department of the Treasury
Scott Bessent
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 68–29 (roll call vote 19) · January 27, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- Hearingnot on record
- Committee voteJanuary 21, 2025
- On the Senate calendarJanuary 21, 2025
- Senate voteJanuary 25, 2025
- ConfirmedJanuary 27, 2025
A step is marked when Congress.gov’s record shows it. Not every nomination goes through every step (for example, some are confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent without a roll call).
Description on the record: Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
Source: Congress.gov PN11-1, record updated January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN11-1 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/11-1?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 29. Record Vote Number: 19.” (January 27, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- January 28, 2025
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16-06a5bfe9.jsonl.gz
06a5bfe9db28821cbcaac113aad54acd64a88e02e3f27dd489d814a6a343cc07
Senate votes
Roll calls recorded on this nomination. Both parties are shown the same way, and nothing here is a score.
Cloture vote (a vote to end debate) · January 25, 2025
Yea 67Nay 23Not voting 10
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 15 | 22 | 8 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 52 | 0 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (67)
Nay (23)
Not Voting (10)
Source: Senate roll call vote 18, January 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN11-1
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 18, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_18- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Confirmation vote · January 27, 2025
Yea 68Nay 29Not voting 3
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 15 | 28 | 2 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 52 | 0 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (68)
Nay (29)
Not Voting (3)
Source: Senate roll call vote 19, January 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN11-1
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 19, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_19- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Committee steps
- Referred To January 20, 2025: Finance Committee
- Markup By January 21, 2025: Finance Committee
- Reported By January 21, 2025: Finance Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 5. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Crapo, Committee on Finance, without printed report.
- Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- Cloture motion presented in Senate.
- Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate 1/27/2025.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 23. Record Vote Number: 18.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 29. Record Vote Number: 19.
- Considered by Senate.
Same rule for every member. Both parties are always shown, and every number links to the bill or member behind it. How we calculate →