119th Congress · PN11-10 · Department of Education
Linda McMahon
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 51–45 (roll call vote 99) · March 3, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingFebruary 13, 2025
- Committee voteFebruary 20, 2025
- On the Senate calendarFebruary 20, 2025
- Senate voteFebruary 25, 2025
- ConfirmedMarch 3, 2025
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Description on the record: Linda McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education.
Source: Congress.gov PN11-10, record updated July 7, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN11-10 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/11-10?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 99.” (March 3, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- July 7, 2026
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16-06a5bfe9.jsonl.gz
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Senate votes
Roll calls recorded on this nomination. Both parties are shown the same way, and nothing here is a score.
Confirmation vote · February 25, 2025
Yea 51Nay 47Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (47)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 93, February 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Motion to Proceed PN11-10
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 93, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_93- 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.
Cloture vote (a vote to end debate) · February 27, 2025
Yea 51Nay 47Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (47)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 98, February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN11-10
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 98, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_98- 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 · March 3, 2025
Yea 51Nay 45Not voting 4
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (4)
Source: Senate roll call vote 99, March 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN11-10
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 99, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_99- 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: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) February 13, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Markup By February 20, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Reported By February 20, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-22.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 24. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Cassidy, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, without printed report.
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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 Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 93.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate and vote 2/27/2025.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate and vote 3/3/2025.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 98.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- Considered by Senate.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 99.
- Considered by Senate.
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