119th Congress · PN11-18 · Small Business Administration
Kelly Loeffler
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 52–46 (roll call vote 59) · February 19, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingJanuary 29, 2025
- Committee voteFebruary 5, 2025
- On the Senate calendarFebruary 5, 2025
- Senate voteFebruary 6, 2025
- ConfirmedFebruary 19, 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: Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Source: Congress.gov PN11-18, record updated September 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN11-18 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/11-18?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 59.” (February 19, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- September 6, 2025
- 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 6, 2025
Yea 53Nay 45Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (53)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 48, February 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Motion to Proceed PN11-18
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 48, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_48- 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 13, 2025
Yea 51Nay 43Not voting 6
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 2 | 41 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 49 | 0 | 4 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (43)
Not Voting (6)
Source: Senate roll call vote 55, February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN11-18
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 55, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_55- 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 · February 19, 2025
Yea 52Nay 46Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (52)
Nay (46)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 59, February 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN11-18
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 59, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_59- 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: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) January 29, 2025: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
- Markup By February 5, 2025: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
- Reported By February 5, 2025: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-18.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 20. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Ernst, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, without printed report.
- Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 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. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 48.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 55.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- By unanimous consent agreement, vote 2/19/2025.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 59.
- Considered by Senate.
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