119th Congress · PN11-5 · Department of Veterans Affairs
Douglas Collins
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 77–23 (roll call vote 32) · February 4, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingJanuary 21, 2025
- Committee voteJanuary 23, 2025
- On the Senate calendarJanuary 23, 2025
- Senate voteJanuary 30, 2025
- ConfirmedFebruary 4, 2025
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Description on the record: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Source: Congress.gov PN11-5, record updated August 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN11-5 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/11-5?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 77 - 23. Record Vote Number: 32.” (February 4, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- August 30, 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.
Cloture vote (a vote to end debate) · January 30, 2025
Yea 83Nay 13Not voting 4
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 29 | 13 | 3 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 52 | 0 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (83)
Nay (13)
Not Voting (4)
Source: Senate roll call vote 28, January 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN11-5
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 28, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_28- 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 4, 2025
Yea 77Nay 23Not voting 0
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 22 | 23 | 0 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (77)
Nay (23)
Source: Senate roll call vote 32, February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN11-5
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 32, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_32- 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: Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) January 21, 2025: Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Markup By January 23, 2025: Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Reported By January 23, 2025: Veterans' Affairs Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-6.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 7. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Moran, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, without printed report.
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 83 - 13. Record Vote Number: 28.
- By unanimous consent agreement, vote to be determined.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- By unanimous consent agreement, vote 2/4/2025.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 77 - 23. Record Vote Number: 32.
- Considered by Senate.
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